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Should the United States Senate ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), the UN would not only have control of the earth's oceans; the United States would turn its sovereignty over to an inept organization bent on diminishing the power of the United States and bolstering the power of tyrannical regimes hostile to the US.
Under LOST, the UN would have unprecedented power to tax and regulate anything that remotely affects the sea beds of the oceans. The UN would have to power to enforce quotas for mining and oil production, reap undeserved royalties, and control ocean exploration and research, courtesy of US taxpayers who fund nearly a quarter of the organization's budget.
Originally posted by Techsnow
I don't see how this would be downing the U.S. at all. If anything it would just make the U.N. a little more wealthy.
Under LOST, the UN would have unprecedented power to tax and regulate anything that remotely affects the sea beds of the oceans. The UN would have to power to enforce quotas for mining and oil production, reap undeserved royalties, and control ocean exploration and research, courtesy of US taxpayers who fund nearly a quarter of the organization's budget.
This article is really biased against this. All I can see it does is tax any navy out at see.. not just the U.S. To me this might be a good idea. Maybe it will stop navies from flaunting nuclear subs and loaded carriers.