[lbo-talk] The Robin Hood Tax

[C W Sedley]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Somebody Somebody
<philos_case at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Periodically, it seems, there are campaigns on the left, particularly
> among anti-poverty NGO's, for versions of the Tobin tax on financial transactions. The latest iteration of this movement features the charming British actor Bill Nighy:

Why did they cast a beloved comic actor as the banker, and a smarmy
cypher as the advocate of a Tobin Tax? Is this some kind of
high-finance false flag triple-cross operation?

Cheers

CWS