1996/01/15

       Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, of the United Nations, speaking at Oxford (England) University proposes an excise tax on international travel to fund peacekeeping efforts.

       [restored 10/11/2025]

Subsequent Events:

 

5/12/1996                   9/20/1999                    8/13/2004                    1/10/2008                   12/23/2009

References:

Don Feder, “Try Out this Little Survey on the U.N.,” Orange County (California) Register, 4 October 1996, Metro:7.

TALK OF TAX BY U.N. DRAWS FIRE IN U.S. – The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/01/23/talk-of-tax-by-un-draws-fire-in-us/b95a03c6-3b9e-4e5b-9a7e-e70396eb9d54/

 

Current U.s. National Debt:

$38,857,671,304,563

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