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14 May
2013
More Than 175 Members of Congress to be urged to Support Legislation to Tax Wall Street, Raise Revenue for Main Street Recovery and Bring a Halt to Austerity
On Wednesday, May 15, at Congressional offices in home districts across the country and on Capitol Hill, more than 175 House and Senate members will be visited and delivered letters urging support for the Inclusive Prosperity Act, H.R. 1579, inspired by the Robin Hood Tax and reintroduced in Congress last month by Rep. Keith Ellison...
07 May
2013
With the passage in the U.S. Senate Monday of a new sales tax on internet purchasers, activists in the Robin Hood Tax Campaign today asked, “if we can tax the world wide web, why not the world wide banks?”
The Marketplace Fairness Act would target what the National Conference of State Legislatures estimates is $23.3 billion in lost sales tax revenue in 2012 for sales made on line rather than at brick and mortar stores.
“Now that the Senate has shown it can move...
29 Apr
2013
FEDERAL LEGISLATION WOULD RAISE UP TO $350 BILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE FOR COMMUNITIES, FUND AIDS TREATMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE; WOULD HELP SLOW DOWN SPECULATIVE TRADING, SAY EXPERTS
New York City – Council Members Jumaane Williams and Stephen Levin announced today introduction of a resolution calling on support for a National Financial Transaction Tax as proposed in the Inclusive Prosperity Act, “In these continued difficult economic times when city and state...
26 Apr
2013
Contact: Alyssa Aguilera 917 200-1446 or Carl Ginsburg 917 405-1060
MONDAY 11 a.m. -- CITY HALL RALLY & PRESS CONFERENC; CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
U.S. Tax on Wall Street Gets Big Political Push in NYC
Federal Legislation for a Financial Speculation Tax Gets Backing from Local Elected Officials, Labor Unions and Community Organizations; Williams, Levin and Lander to be Present
New York City – Strong support from...
20 Apr
2013
Rally Follows on Heels of Reintroduction of Ellison Bill H.R. 1579 in Congress
Washington, D.C. – Nearly 2,000 people, decked out in Robin Hood hats and with giant puppets of Wall Street bankers descended on DC today to demand President Obama and Treasury Secretary Lew stop pursuing austerity and instead support a financial transaction tax on Wall Street, commonly referred to as a “Robin Hood Tax.”
"Americans are fed up with the austerity agenda...
17 Apr
2013
Robin Hood Campaign Supporters to Converge in DC
Washington, D.C. - With the Capitol as backdrop, and joined by representatives of organizations comprising the Robin Hood Tax Campaign, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) today reintroduced The Inclusive Prosperity Act, HR 1579, a financial transaction tax that would provide hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue annually at a time of great need, and allow the U.S.to join the rest of the world in a growing system of financial transaction...
26 Feb
2013
Behind Global Community in Holding Banks Accountable
Nurses Praise Call by EU Tax Commission for a Robin Hood Tax
On a day in which the European Union’s tax commissioner recommended the U.S. join the growing list of nations favoring a tax in financial speculation to repair global economies, the largest U.S. organization of nurses criticized recent comments by Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew for showing more loyalty to Wall Street than to Main Street.
In a statement...
13 Feb
2013
Poll Findings Show Broad Public Support for Tax on Wall Street Speculation
Washington, D.C. – Wearing their signature Robin Hood hats, U.S. Robin Hood Tax Campaign advocates brought their message of a Wall Street sales tax directly into the confirmation hearing of Jack Lew before the Senate Finance Committee this morning: The next Treasury Secretary needs to give his highest priority to raising revenue for Main Street and the many communities still suffering from the...
20 Dec
2012
Letter to President Obama today calling for sales tax on Wall Street to fund real recovery
Washington, D.C. - Robin Hood attempted to deliver his resume this morning to the Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in application for the position of “Secretary of Treasury, United States of America.” The position is currently held by Secretary Timothy Geithner, who is leaving the post with the country gripped by economic inequality. Blocked...
19 Dec
2012
Credentials: Watchdog, Not Lapdog; Goal: $350 billion/year for Real Recovery
At 10am, Thursday, December 20, Robin Hood will deliver his credentials to the Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in application for the position of “Secretary of Treasury, United States of America,” the position currently held by Secretary Timothy Geithner, who recently announced his departure after four years at the top. Geithner moves on to become...