Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
Robin Hood Tax
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Why Isn’t Everyone In Favor of Taxing Financial Speculation?
Wall Street Insiders who trade on confidential information unavailable to small investors don’t improve the productivity of financial markets. They just rig the game for themselves.
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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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Broad Coalition of Nurses, Students, Labor, Environmentalists Support Robin Hood Tax
There is widespread support for Sen. Bernie Sanders's proposals, introduced Tuesday in Congress, to use a Robin Hood tax on stock transactions to fund tuition at four-year public colleges and universities.
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The Road to Dissent: New Poll Shows Austerity Fatigue Is Growing In Britain
A new Financial Times survey shows the majority of UK voters believe that instead of using harsh public cuts to peel back the deficit, other forms of extravagant government spending should be abolished.
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How the Robin Hood Tax Raised Billions – and British Eyebrows – in 2024
A news broadcast from the future illustrates the benefits of a Robin Hood tax.
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How A Tobin Tax and Tax Haven Disclosures Could Transform Spain's Economy
If the Spanish financial sector was the main actor involved in the housing bubble and it got a $50 billion bailout, isn't it logical to ask that that sector receive the “austerity treatment” instead of the whole society? Here's how change is going to happen.
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The Rich Have Gained $5.6 Trillion in the "Recovery," While the Rest of Us Have Lost $669 Billion
It's no accident.
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Most Americans Want A Financial Transaction Tax -- Will Congress Hear the Call?
The proposed financial transaction tax, introduced to Congress several weeks ago, would generate more than $300 billion a year in revenue. 60 percent of Americans support it. But Congress, as usual, is stalling.
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The Robin Hood Tax and the Banker
A Robin Hood Tax on the banks could raise tens of billions to help protect public services, fight poverty and tackle climate change at home and abroad.
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European Parliament Approves Financial Transaction Tax
By an overwhelming majority, 533 Members of the European Parliament voted in late 2012 in favor of a Financial Transaction Tax, bringing the Robin Hood Tax one step closer to reality.
