Not content to keep their socialist paradise within their own borders, the president of France would like to impose a worldwide tax on every citizen of every nation:

French President Jacques Chirac made a new call today for an “international tax”, saying such a levy would help generate funds to help poor countries and those hit by disasters such as the Asian tsunami.

“These events stress the need to increase public aid towards development and to find innovative financing mechanisms such as an international taxation,” Mr Chirac said in a New Year speech to the Paris diplomatic corps.

That’s just what I’ve been thinking since first seeing the horrific devastation of the tsunami: why aren’t there more taxes?