{"id":6271,"date":"2011-11-03T00:07:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T07:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/03\/occupy-the-treasury-today\/"},"modified":"2011-11-03T23:05:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T06:05:20","slug":"occupy-the-treasury-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/03\/occupy-the-treasury-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy the Treasury Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the early days of the Obama Administration, Obama said he supported a financial transactions tax, sometimes called a Robin Hood tax,\u00a0 of 0.05% (1\/20 of 1%) on large transactions only.\u00a0 The idea never made it past the three blind mice (Geithner, Bernanke, and Summers).\u00a0 The idea is still excellent, because it encourages investment, rather than speculation, in addition to providing a revenue stream directly from those individuals most responsible for the Republican Recession.\u00a0 Today 99% demonstrators will occupy the Treasury to demand that this tax be adopted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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More than 1,500 nurses from National Nurses United, plus members of AFL-CIO and Occupy Wall Street protesters, will march on the White House and the Treasury tomorrow to push for a tax on Wall Street.<\/p>\n

The march will “press President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to support a meaningful tax on Wall Street financial to help heal the U.S. and join the growing global movement for a financial transaction tax,” according to a release\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This short video explains the Robin Hood tax in terms even a child could understand.<\/span><\/p>\n