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The Financial Transactions Tax Could Be a Game Changer on Wall Street
The FTT proposed last week by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders would impose a sales tax on stocks and other financial assets, forcing speculators to pay a tax on their trades just like people who buy shoes or clothes.
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Beyond Divestment: Declaring Eminent Domain To Keep Fuels In the Ground
How are we going to realistically induce resource owners to leave these reserves untapped? It’s not a question enough people are asking.
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Illinois Bill Seeks Financial Transaction Tax on $800 Trillion Derivatives Market
A Financial Transaction Tax would be easy to administer and difficult to evade. Why should the rest of us pay up to 10% on the necessities of life while risky derivative purchases aren't taxed at all?