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John Nichols political reporter for The Nation – Inclusive Prosperity Act
Americans who are serious about addressing income inequality have long recognized that the United States needs a Robin Hood Tax—a charge on financial transactions proposed by campaigners who have argued since the Wall Street meltdown of 2008 that “banks, hedge funds and the rest of the financial sector should pay their fair share to clear up the mess they helped create.”
http://www.thenation.com/blog/194673/top-democrats-embrace-robin-hood-tax-its-time-activists-go-big
Part Two:
Fordham Law Professor & 2014 candidate for Governor of NY Zephyr Teachout
On the NH Rebellion walk across NH and her long time concern about Corruption in Government (my question how to define it? who gets to define it?)….she ran against Andrew Cuomo who had run in 2010 on the slogan Trust is Everything, what changed?
Check out her newest book:
Corruption in America – from Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United
if you don’t know her read this:
http://www.thenation.com/article/181565/how-zephyr-teachout-taught-democrats-lesson-democracy
