Yes... It's true. The UN has been trying for many years to create the power for themselves to generate their own revenues through the power of taxation. They want to be a power unto themselves and not rely on member countries for funding. Most especially the United States.

The current push is through something they developed in their "Millennium Declaration" and their "Financing for Development" initiatives. Within them are goals called the 'Millennium Development Goals'. Contained within those goals are blueprints for global taxation.

Various taxes they want the power to collect for themselves include things like...

- A global E-mail tax
- A tax on fossil fuels like gasoline, coal, oil and natural gas
- International currency transaction taxes (CTT) (Sometimes called the "Tobin Tax". This alone could generate revenues of over 100 times the UN's current operating budget)
- An international air transport tax
- A separate aviation Fuel Tax
- Wealthy countries turning over 0.7% of their total GDP

It's all wrapped under the guise of helping the poor and financing development.

I think you already know that the UN is aggressively trying to take control of the internet. They want the authority of ICANN to be under their control as a UN agency. If that is allowed to happen, there would be numerous ways for them to tax internet usage and businesses. Maybe censorship could also be possible, but that is another subject.

And yes.... there are politicians who support some or all of these things. Some have proposed bills in Congress to try to implement some of these things. Many Europeans are completely on board with these things.