Supporters
Q: What do you get if you mix a simple, brilliant idea with people that include celebrities like Mark Ruffalo and Chris Martin, business people like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and George Soros, economists such as Nobel Proze winners Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman and thought leaders like Ban Ki Moon and Desmond Tutu?
A: A campaign of diverse people united in the belief that banks, hedge funds and the rest of the financial sector should pay their fair share to clear up the mess they helped create.
Al Gore
Nobel Laureate and former Vice President
"We need policy changes, we need a tax on carbon and we need a tax on global transactions. "
Archbishop Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams is a theological writer, scholar and teacher. He is the current Archbishop of Canterbury.
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-Moon is the current Secretary General for the United Nations.
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft
"I am lending some credibility to that (Robin Hood Tax). This money could be well spent and make a difference."
David Stockman
President Regan's Budget Director
"Frankly we should put a transaction tax on Wall Street as well."
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu is a Nobel Prize winning cleric and activist who rose to fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid.
