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jwhop
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posted April 20, 2010 01:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
So says the EU Chief.

Turn out the lights, the party is over for Europe.

Vacationing a human right, EU chief says
By Katherine Laidlaw,
National Post
April 19, 2010

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."

Mr. Tajani said the program will be piloted until 2013, and then fully launched.

Intended to instill a sense of cultural pride in Europeans, Mr. Tajani's human-rights travel will also help bridge the continent's north-south divide and pad resorts' business in their off-season, the Times reports.

Northern Europeans will be encouraged to visit southern Europe, and vice versa. Mr. Tajani wants to ensure people's "right to be tourists" remains intact.

National Post and news services
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/news/Vacationing+human+right+chief+says/2924330/story.html

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juniperb
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posted April 20, 2010 02:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message
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"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."


Well then , I`ll just take one of them cheapies

quote:
"Travelling for tourism today is a right. The way we spend our holidays is a formidable indicator of our quality of life,"

Since I haven`t had a vaca since 2005, I guess my "quality of life" is below the poverty line and then some.

That`s just crazy... tax the people and tax them some more .
What will they come up with next as a right?

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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~

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jwhop
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posted April 20, 2010 04:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
"Well then , I`ll just take one of them cheapies"

I wonder if those free vacations include meals, admission tickets to events...oh, and tips.

I'm ready for one myself...to Vegas where I can try out my new system...and pick up that promised special martini which was never delivered.

I'm not sure what's next juni but some New Yorkers think having a "doorman" is a right.

New Yorkers Brace for Doorman Strike

"Who will safeguard my apartment as I sleep? Greet my children when they come home from school? Accept deliveries? Clean the hallways? Sort the mail? Operate the elevator? And who, for goodness sake, will let the cleaning lady in?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/nyregion/19strike.html?hp

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listenstotrees
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posted April 21, 2010 07:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for listenstotrees     Edit/Delete Message
Why don't they sort homelessness out first? Surely having a roof over our heads is a human right.

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jwhop
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posted April 21, 2010 08:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
I don't know LTT but if those "Doormen" go on strike it would seem a good opportunity for homeless persons to get a job making about $70K per year.

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Eleanore
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posted April 25, 2010 10:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Eleanore     Edit/Delete Message
How 'bout we all put in for a trip to Europe together? Surely they'll be fair and finance vacays for everyone. I mean, how elitist is it to say that only Europeans have the right to them? Human right, right? Demand to be treated as a human! I'll take a window seat ...

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katatonic
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posted April 25, 2010 11:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
doormen may not be a right but they are very close to a necessity in ny apartment buildings, considering all the functions they perform - the homeless person applying had better have a pretty good background on file...

but really so many of us are being given vacations by the real estate fiasco!! being homeless means no mortgage, no bills, no taxes and no insurance. quite a vacation i'd say!

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jwhop
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posted April 26, 2010 10:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message
Let's go on a hunger strike until we get those "free vacations".

When they recongize we have "human rights" too and cave in, I'll flip you for that window seat Eleanore.

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