Thursday, October 20, 2011

My Take On OCCUPY: Let's start by demanding WALL ST. TRANSACTION FEES

Obviously the Occupy events; I do think Wall St. owes taxpayers, for the bailout, and now again their 7-figure bonuses, etc. While social programs, national parks, etc. are getting the axe. And after their risky practices and near-bankruptcies helped shatter our economy
As per Senator Bernie Sanders: a Wall St. transaction fee, payable to the U.S. government to help support general services. Like 0.5% or something, like Germany, France and others are considering. That "sucking sound" you hear is the money rushing up to the top 2%, and Wall St. The void we're now left in - the budget deficit, and steady decrease of national wealth in the middle class - leaves most of us just sucking. Help out with with these ideas, now, if and where you can.

http://www.thelocal.de/money/20111013-38183.html  Germany ready to impose financial transaction tax, maybe France, and they're looking at the entire EU

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_transaction_tax

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.