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Robin Hood Pays DC a Visit - Wants Wall Street to Pay a Tax!
Robin Hood Visits DC April 17 & 20, 2013
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Live stream video recordings from the Robin Hood Tax actions in DC
Photos from the reintroduction of the Inclusive Prosperity Acton in DC on April 17
Photos from the Robin Hood Tax Rally in DC on April 20
We Found the Money, and It's On Wall Street
By George Goehl
Executive Director, National People’s Action
On April 17th, Congressman Keith Ellison, Chairman of the Progressive Caucus, introduced the Inclusive Prosperity Act (HR 1579), which would generate hundreds of billions of dollars a year through a tiny tax on Wall Street trading. It's the exact kind of bold leadership and legislation our nation needs right now. April 20th, a thousand people rallied in Washington in support of this bill. Read more.
We Are Going to Be Everywhere!
The U.S. Treasury was renamed “A Citigroup Subsidiary, Jack Lew, Inc. CEO,” as Robin Hood and a merry band of 2,000 hoisted a banner with the Treasury building as backdrop on the corner of 15th St. NW in Washington, D.C. “Who does Secretary Lew work for?” asked Jennifer Flynn of Health GAP, one of the founding organizations of the Robin Hood Tax Campaign. “The people,” answered all. RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United, another founding RHT organization, called out, “I see the Treasury; we all see Hypocrisy!” to which she heard a loud and resounding echo from the spirited protesters spilling into the intersection, a stone’s throw from the White House. “We are going to be everywhere!” said DeMoro. Read more.
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“A HUGE DAY” Rep. Keith Ellison, on reintroduction of the Inclusive Prosperity Act, H.R. 1579
Robin Hood Tax USA Blog, 04/13/13
A Robin Hood Response to the Austerity Lie: Tax Wall Street
The Nation, by John Nichols, 04/17/13
Time for a Sales Tax on Wall Street Financial Transactions
By Ralph Nader, 04/18/13
“America’s New Math: 1 Wall Street Hour = 21 Years of Hard Work For the Rest of Us”
Before It's News, 04/20/13
Robin Hood Tax Only Fair, Advocates Say
DC Media Group, 04/21/13
A Tax System for the 99 Percent
Nation of Change, 04/21/13
Rosa Pavanelli joins thousands in FTT rally in Washington
WorldPSI.org, 04/22/13
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Robin Hood Tax USA Campaign