Hypocricy at its best
by Bahaddur Khan on Jun 15, 2007 04:54 PM Permalink | Hide replies

This is US Hypocricy at its best.

They do not want to pay Road Taxes/ Congestion Charge in London and have run up a bill of millions so far.

They claim Diplomatic missions and diplomats are exempt from any taxes.

Now they want other dilplomatic missions to pay them taxes.

The report also says US Govt opposes it...loads of horse manure...why can't US President Veto this or bring about Constitutional amendment.

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RE:Hypocricy at its best
by Himmat Rathore on Jun 15, 2007 06:00 PM Permalink
The US President cannot veto the ruling of US Supreme Court. The ruling of the Supreme Court is the final decision.

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RE:Hypocricy at its best
by MJ on Jun 15, 2007 10:37 PM Permalink
US president CAN bring in a law so that the US supreme court will have no jurisdiction on this.

Also, the US President can grant pardon to anyone, on any ruling.

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RE:Hypocricy at its best
by MJ on Jun 15, 2007 10:45 PM Permalink
Even if the US president does not bring in an ordinance or grant pardon etc, nobody can enforce this...what will the NY city do?

Have the Indian embassy staff arrested for non-payment of taxes? These NY-city idiots know they cannot win but are fighting for ego purposes.

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RE:Hypocricy at its best
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jun 15, 2007 06:39 PM Permalink
man, you got to understand that this is an issue with UN mission. the officials were on UN mission. Not US mission. UN has no special relations with USA. If fact USA is a major problem for UN these days. The U buliding has to be built somewhere . right ? it happened to be in new york usa. any visitor / guest at un is NOT the guest of USA. remember hugo chavez stood in UN and called george bush a devil 3 months back ?

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