THE NATIONS: Supranational Tax

If world government ever comes, world taxes will not be far behind. Last week Western Europe got its first taste of international taxation: to raise the $50 million it needs to get started, the Schuman Plan High Authority levied a tax—up to 9/10 of 1%—on all coal and steel produced in its six member nations.

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