Should We Tax the Banks?

2010-02-15 00:00:00

British activists have launched a major campaign to push Gordon Brown's government into adopting a "Robin Hood Tax" on financial transactions -- a tiny tax that could raise hundreds of billions for public services and for tackling poverty and climate change. The campaigners unveiled a brilliant little sketch featuring British actor Bill Nighy as a squirming banker.



British activists have launched a major campaign to push Gordon Brown's government into adopting a "Robin Hood Tax" on financial transactions -- a tiny tax that could raise hundreds of billions for public services and for tackling poverty and climate change. The campaigners unveiled a brilliant little sketch featuring British actor Bill Nighy as a squirming banker.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYtNwmXKIvM&feature=player_embedded