Robin Hood Tax

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28 Feb 2010 - 7:57 AM

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28 Feb 2010 - 10:13 AM

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So my tax money went to help the banks, now they want to, instead of paying me back, give my tax money to charities? Have I got that right? If so, I would rather choose for myself if I give to a charity. I would rather this "RobinHood" tax was paid to the government and they cut my income tax or the fuel tax at the pump. I haven't read everything, just watched the youtube advert so may have missed lots of facts. But at the end of the day it's not worth bothering about as I won't see any difference. Sure local services and education will have cuts, but this tax isn't going to stop them and the problems that mean there will be cuts have nothing to do with the banks bailout anyway.

I don't think I would vote yes to give my money to another agency like Oxfam. We either loaned the banks the money and therefore they should pay it back to us. Or, we gave it to them and we can all feel good that we kept the backs open.

Its propaganda to make it look like something is being done.

SuziBlue

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28 Feb 2010 - 11:39 AM

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It's an interesting idea. But I don't trust the banks to play fair. You can practically guarantee that they will be getting their lawyers to find every which way to avoid paying it or to transfer banking systems overseas where the tax isn't payable. Maybe that's a bit far fetched but really - who is going to trust the bankers to reduce their profits.

kombizz

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28 Feb 2010 - 2:27 PM

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Quote: Very idealistic thinking.

Meanwhile back in real life land, let's all support another tax in a turkeys voting for christmas way .
Do we really believe that the banks will stand this charge on their profits without passing it on in one form or another?

I do totally agree with you.
It is a nice concept, but there are so many loopholes!