Economist James Tobin proposed in
1972 that the UN be the recipient of a tax of 0.05% on foreign exchange
transactions. In 1993, the Ford Foundation produced Financing an Effective
United Nations, a report containing recommendations that the UN tax
airline traffic, shipping, and arms sales. In 1995, the UN-funded Commission
on Global Governance suggested that the UN collect levies from those who use
"flight lanes, sea lanes for ships, ocean fishing areas, and the
electromagnetic spectrum." Ultimately, of course, the burden of all
taxation falls on consumers.