Comments on: Help us to tackle poverty and climate change: Support the Robin Hood Tax http://www.fabianpattberg.com/2010/02/help-us-to-tackle-poverty-and-climate-change-support-the-robin-hood-tax/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=help-us-to-tackle-poverty-and-climate-change-support-the-robin-hood-tax A blog on Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Social Media. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Klem http://www.fabianpattberg.com/2010/02/help-us-to-tackle-poverty-and-climate-change-support-the-robin-hood-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-2927 Klem Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:23:00 +0000 http://www.fabianpattberg.com/?p=1905#comment-2927 Because only a fool would honestly believe that .05% would remain at that level for long. That is the thin edge of the wedge, eventually it would be raised to .1%, then 1% then who know how high it would rise.  And of course that tax is merely passed on to consumers, that's me. Me no like. cheers Because only a fool would honestly believe that .05% would remain at that level for long. That is the thin edge of the wedge, eventually it would be raised to .1%, then 1% then who know how high it would rise.  And of course that tax is merely passed on to consumers, that’s me. Me no like.

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]]> By: FabianPattberg http://www.fabianpattberg.com/2010/02/help-us-to-tackle-poverty-and-climate-change-support-the-robin-hood-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 FabianPattberg Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:22:38 +0000 http://www.fabianpattberg.com/?p=1905#comment-1630 Thanks for the comment. I like the metaphor of a baby wolf in sheep's clothing but I have to disagree on the point that this is a negative tax for us all. <br>This tax would be more beneficial then damaging to us. If you think about it in that way that we do not want and need a very poor Africa or South America in the long term. The better they are off the better for us and the better for the whole world. <br>The same can be said for Climate Change. If we do not do something about it now it will not only be much more expensive than this tax but it will also have catastrophic future consequences. Poverty and climate change. Thanks for the comment. I like the metaphor of a baby wolf in sheep's clothing but I have to disagree on the point that this is a negative tax for us all.
This tax would be more beneficial then damaging to us. If you think about it in that way that we do not want and need a very poor Africa or South America in the long term. The better they are off the better for us and the better for the whole world.
The same can be said for Climate Change. If we do not do something about it now it will not only be much more expensive than this tax but it will also have catastrophic future consequences. Poverty and climate change.

]]> By: kagnu http://www.fabianpattberg.com/2010/02/help-us-to-tackle-poverty-and-climate-change-support-the-robin-hood-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-1627 kagnu Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:04:13 +0000 http://www.fabianpattberg.com/?p=1905#comment-1627 When the Income Tax was being discussed in the U.S.Congress, one representative affirmed his opposition by stating that if you could tax the American people 3%, you could tax them 97%; he was laughed off the floor; but about 40 years later, he was proven correct when the marginal "progressive" rate reached or exceeded 90%. Agreement to confiscation "in principle" leads to expropriation without limits. Anyone purporting to speak in the "name of the people" (or "saving the planet") garners unlimited power against individuals and "lesser" groups. Eventually the 0.05% "tax" will become 5% and then more. I doubt most individuals would agree to such "takings" were it not for the power of the guns in the hands of (though usually behind the backs of) politicians, judges, and the police who support them. The Czechs understand this quite well, as do most of those only recently freed from the "blessings" of state control under the USSR. What you propose is feeding a baby wolf in sheep's clothing, made to look cute and pretty and harmless until its early bottle-feeding inevitably builds a voracious and dangerous appetite. When the Income Tax was being discussed in the U.S.Congress, one representative affirmed his opposition by stating that if you could tax the American people 3%, you could tax them 97%; he was laughed off the floor; but about 40 years later, he was proven correct when the marginal “progressive” rate reached or exceeded 90%. Agreement to confiscation “in principle” leads to expropriation without limits. Anyone purporting to speak in the “name of the people” (or “saving the planet”) garners unlimited power against individuals and “lesser” groups. Eventually the 0.05% “tax” will become 5% and then more. I doubt most individuals would agree to such “takings” were it not for the power of the guns in the hands of (though usually behind the backs of) politicians, judges, and the police who support them. The Czechs understand this quite well, as do most of those only recently freed from the “blessings” of state control under the USSR. What you propose is feeding a baby wolf in sheep's clothing, made to look cute and pretty and harmless until its early bottle-feeding inevitably builds a voracious and dangerous appetite.

]]> By: FabianPattberg http://www.fabianpattberg.com/2010/02/help-us-to-tackle-poverty-and-climate-change-support-the-robin-hood-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 FabianPattberg Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:56:25 +0000 http://www.fabianpattberg.com/?p=1905#comment-1624 Hi. I totally understand your point but I would like to know why a 0,05% tax on bankers transactions is something you feel is not worth supporting. Everyone has their reasons. What is yours? Hi. I totally understand your point but I would like to know why a 0,05% tax on bankers transactions is something you feel is not worth supporting. Everyone has their reasons. What is yours?

]]> By: Klem http://www.fabianpattberg.com/2010/02/help-us-to-tackle-poverty-and-climate-change-support-the-robin-hood-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 Klem Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:13:38 +0000 http://www.fabianpattberg.com/?p=1905#comment-1622 Tax yourself pal. Leave the rest of us out of your save the world tax. Tax yourself pal. Leave the rest of us out of your save the world tax.

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