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Daily Archives: December 7th, 2011

Miracles do happen: bought and paid for politicians looking at a financial transactions tax

Sometimes the stars align, and what once seems far fetched suddenly becomes possible. For years people like Dean Baker and Paul Krugman have been recommending a financial transactions tax. It brings in immense amount of revenue, discourages useless and non-productive speculation, and has negligible impact on people who are buying stocks for actual investment. Since […]