tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post8081717037795780726..comments2024-03-16T02:16:54.082-07:00Comments on Vagabond Scholar: Support a Robin Hood TaxBatocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-92093277322823928292011-10-06T11:48:45.870-07:002011-10-06T11:48:45.870-07:00Somehow with the power to cause new financial cata...Somehow with the power to cause new financial cataclysms at will, I don't think they are that worried about the ants below.<br /><br />Wish I did.<br /><br />Love you,<br /><br />SCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-64498706108854667022011-10-06T00:26:35.621-07:002011-10-06T00:26:35.621-07:00"Local" in terms of "by nation"..."Local" in terms of "by nation" sounds like a good idea. It probably would be easier to accomplish, too.Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-58294675179443072932011-10-05T09:30:15.274-07:002011-10-05T09:30:15.274-07:00A Robin Hood tax would be good. It seems odd that ...A Robin Hood tax would be good. It seems odd that governments tax the exchange of thousands worth of real goods, but avoid taxing the exchange of millions worth of paper representing derivatives of real goods.<br /><br />The tax must be local, though. Some earlier proposals were for global transaction taxes, with the proceeds to go to the IMF, where our shadowy overlords could spend the money Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com