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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Doc on March 09, 2011, 08:14:47 PM

Title: Europe Passes "Speculation" Tax
Post by: Doc on March 09, 2011, 08:14:47 PM
And the AFL-CIO pricks want US to implement it as well...

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Heather Slavkin, a senior legal and policy adviser for the AFL-CIO Office of Investment, reports on a victory for the global union movement.

Earlier this week, the European Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority in favor of a financial speculation tax—a tiny tax on financial speculation that can raise hundreds of billions of dollars for much-needed public services. This is a huge victory for the global labor movement, which has been at the head of a major

It seems Europe just won't learn. Just can't figure out their spending ways are KILLING THEM, and WE DON''T WANT IT! (http://blog.aflcio.org/)
Title: Re: Europe Passes "Speculation" Tax
Post by: NHSparky on March 09, 2011, 09:02:49 PM
Do they realize that over 50 percent of Americans own stock in one form or another and that they'd ALL be affected by this, including union members?

Oh, who am I kidding--of course they know.  But by sticking a "fat cat" label on it, we can simply play a little shell game!