Registered Voter Wrote:
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> Well, the EU now believes vacations should be
> government subsidized also......
>
> Vacationing a human right, EU chief says
>
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/news/Vacationi
> ng+human+right+chief+says/2924330/story.html
>
> ...
> The European Union has declared travelling a human
> right, and is launching a scheme to subsidize
> vacations with taxpayers' dollars for those too
> poor to afford their own trips.
>
> Antonio Tajani, the European Union commissioner
> for enterprise and industry, proposed a strategy
> that could cost European taxpayers hundreds of
> millions of euros a year, The Times of London
> reports.
>
> "Travelling for tourism today is a right. The way
> we spend our holidays is a formidable indicator of
> our quality of life," Mr. Tajani told a group of
> ministers at The European Tourism Stakeholders
> Conference in Madrid on April 15. Mr. Tajani was
> appointed to his post by Italian Prime Minister
> Silvio Berlusconi.
>
> The plan -- just who gets to enjoy the travel
> package has yet to be determined -- would see
> taxpayers footing some of the vacation bill for
> seniors, youths between the ages of 18 and 25,
> disabled people, and families facing "difficult
> social, financial or personal" circumstances. The
> disabled and elderly can also be accompanied by
> one other person. The EU and its taxpayers are
> slated to fund 30% of the cost of these tours,
> which could range from youth exploring abandoned
> factories and power plants in Manchester to
> retirees taking discount trips to Madrid, all in
> the name of cultural appreciation.
>
> "The commission is literally considering paying
> people to go on holiday," Mats Persson, of
> pro-reform think-tank Open Europe, told Britain's
> News of the World. "In this economic climate, it's
> astonishing that the EU wants to bribe people with
> cheap holidays."
> ...
>
>
> This is just stupid.
And this is supposed to prove what? That it's alright to work people 50-60 hours a week? That it's a good policy not to provide paid vacations to people? Because thats exactly what a lot of Americans have to put up with at work. You are such a puppet of the republican party... you are a liar.
Registered Voter...a Big talking coward..big man on FFXU...little man in life.