Comments on: The Tobin Tax and the Libertarians http://taxesandbudget-blog.ncpa.org/the-tobin-tax-and-the-libertarians/ Insights on Taxes, Economic Policy, Federal Budget | NCPA Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:57:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stephan http://taxesandbudget-blog.ncpa.org/the-tobin-tax-and-the-libertarians/comment-page-1/#comment-10712 Stephan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:57:19 +0000 http://taxesandbudget-blog.ncpa.org/?p=1254#comment-10712 Well, ATTAC is indeed popular not only in France, but also here in Austria and Germany. To re-phrase their campaign claim: "Join ATTAC - a world without prosperity is possible!" That said, not everything is bad about ATTAC. At least they provide a forum to engage with the youth about economics, globalization, development etc. Maybe in a not so civilized way. But hey they are mostly teenagers and students. Perfect age for Che T-shirts and a little armchair revolution. And personally I think the recent proposal of the German government to introduce an international tax 0.05% on financial transactions is not so bad. Of course this won't happen ;-) Our benevolent bankster friends will take care on that, won't they? Well, ATTAC is indeed popular not only in France, but also here in Austria and Germany. To re-phrase their campaign claim: “Join ATTAC – a world without prosperity is possible!”

That said, not everything is bad about ATTAC. At least they provide a forum to engage with the youth about economics, globalization, development etc. Maybe in a not so civilized way. But hey they are mostly teenagers and students. Perfect age for Che T-shirts and a little armchair revolution.

And personally I think the recent proposal of the German government to introduce an international tax 0.05% on financial transactions is not so bad. Of course this won’t happen ;-) Our benevolent bankster friends will take care on that, won’t they?

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