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Nurses call for Financial Transaction Tax on Wall Street
Thousands of nurses from across the USA took action in 21 states yesterday to demand a Financial Transaction Tax on Wall Street. They demonstrated at congressional offices across the country, asking...
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Solidarity Grows Around HR 6411
The list of endorsers backing the Robin Hood Tax Campaign expands every day, as the logic and fairness – and necessity -- of taxing Wall Street speculation, and blunting austerity, resonates louder and...
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Capuano goes green, signs onto Robin Hood Tax Bill!
Back on Oct. 2, a merry band from ACT UP and the Student Global AIDS Campaign showed up at Rep. Michael Capuano’s office (D-MA), asking him to support the Robin Hood Tax. Just last week Capuano agreed...
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PSI Congress votes to support Robin Hood Tax
People representing 329 unions from 123 countries rallied today in the streets of Durban, South Africa for the Robin Hood Tax. The union leaders, representing 20 million workers, were in Durban...
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John Nichols: Avoid sequester cuts by taxing Wall Street
Associate Editor John Nichols has been with The Capital Times since 1993 and has become one of Wisconsin's best-known progressive voices. He is the author of seven books on politics and the media and...
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A Robin Hood Response to the Austerity Lie: Tax Wall Street
By John Nichols America is not broke, despite what advocates for austerity would have us believe. This is a very wealthy country. Unfortunately, transfers of that wealth are not taxed in the same...
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“A HUGE DAY” Rep. Keith Ellison, on reintroduction of the Inclusive...
“This is a huge day,” Rep. Keith Ellison announced Wednesday at a press conference within view of the Capitol, referring to legislation he reintroduced for a Wall Street Tax with huge purpose.Take,...
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Long Past Due: A Wall Street Tax
by DEBORAH BURGER, co-president of National Nurses United
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"Resolved"
The Resolution now before the New York City Council reads, in part: “In these continued difficult economic times when city and state budgets are cutting back on vital services, this tax (sometimes...
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An Alternative to Austerity? Thousands Say "Tax Wall Street"
By Chuck Idelson National Nurses United First appeared in California Progress Report They came, they danced, they marched, 2,000 people spirited and strong, Robin Hood's merry band of men and women,...
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“A Historic Turnaround” in the Wrong Direction
Among the most critical goals set forth in the Inclusive Prosperity Act, H.R. 1579, reintroduced in Congress on April 17 by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), is to “create good paying jobs by… investing in...
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An urgent message to nearly 200 members of Congress
They fanned out across the country from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Chicago, south to Atlanta and Miami, to the towns of Western Massachusetts, in New York City and beyond, and they entered offices on...
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Breathe Easier with a Robin Hood Tax
Climate change is here with a vengeance. Flood levels in Europe are at a 500-year high, as vulnerable cities and towns make preparations for recurring deluge. In New York City, new warnings were issued...
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