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By: modern kitchen cabinets

modern kitchen cabinets — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:40:19 +0000

Love the name, steal from the rich and give to the poor. Thats the way i like it!

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:03:58 +0000

I will be out of the office starting 14/08/2010 and will not return until
30/08/2010.

I'm on holiday from 16 Aug and will return 30 Aug. If your enquiry is
urgent please contact Ged Barker - gbarker@oxfam.org.uk

Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering.

Oxfam GB is a member of Oxfam International and a company limited by guarantee registered in England No. 612172.
Registered office: Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2JY.
A registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SC 039042)

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:18:44 +0000

Climate change is a scam!

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:04:40 +0000

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:04:39 +0000

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:04:39 +0000

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:04:38 +0000

By: Theprequel

Theprequel — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:02:05 +0000

Great excuse for not giving!

By: Theprequel

Theprequel — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:55:42 +0000

Surely the point is that RHT is a tax on PROFIT? So no matter what they do to us, the profit will still be taxed? So they can't get out of it, no matter how much they try to by increasing costs to us and decreasing interest paid to us. Those tactics increase profit – thus increasing RHT liability …

By: Theprequel

Theprequel — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:46:56 +0000

Such a horrid and superficial (and predictably right-wing) sentiment. The naive belief that all donated monies can be spent “directly on helping people” in the sense you imply annoys me like crazy. Charities need staff to carry out their work – so sometimes it's nice middle-class people like you who are earning their daily bread – so some of your donation will be spent on their wages. Or do you believe everyone involved should be doing everything for nothing – as in the old-style paternalistic 19th Century charity. Only wealthy folks have that luxury – and they're usually too busy at other less-laudible activities. This sort of 'viral' lobbying is a great way to raise profile, get more money for the charities you say you support and to do a bit of solid work to prevent the escalation of problems.
Or are you one of those who gives a pittance of their generous salary and believes that absolves them of any further responsibility or guilt?!

By: Theprequel

Theprequel — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:34:58 +0000

Sometimes it is entirely unhelpful to keep 'harking back' to so-called real history etc. The point is this is an attempt to do SOMETHING to redress an obvious imbalance. Your comment sounds remarkably as if you are in favour of inequality – and certainly 'anti' any government / taxpayer support for social need.

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:04:42 +0000

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:04:38 +0000

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:34:35 +0000

So, as corporations do always pass on increases to the consumer – a much better way would be to abolish personal taxation for every person earning less than say, £50,000 (£100,000 for couples) and to much more heavily tax corporations (not individual traders) and increase VAT (except on essentials like food, as now). Consumers could then choose what to buy (at much increased prices as the corporations passed on their new high taxation costs) so they would be more discerning, whilst the free market of the corporations would force them to compete with each other to provide lower prices. People would pay much more for goods, but would pay no tax to government (or councils) so would have much more money in their pockets to choose how to spend. Basically, switch the burden of taxation (except for the rich) from the person to corporations.

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:07:20 +0000

How patronising! You ignore the fact that these organisations don't get this money from the taxpayer as subsidy as you imply. They simply recoup the tax as gift aid – money which you have already paid in tax to the government. Yes the money could be kept by government to be wasted on defence or such like or supporting a corrupt economic system, but this way at least this tax raised revenue is diverted to these causes directly. Do you really think that the government would reduce taxation if gift aid were abolished? You're the one who's naive.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:52:24 +0000

I think this idea is good, however it smacks of cultural capitalism. The banking sector is the problem. Levying a small tax on them a great idea, however the true need is reform of the system.

You can't solve the problems of capitalism with capitalism. What we save with the left hand, we destroy with the right.

The banks want to own everything. This would enable them to do that by giving us 0.05% of every transaction. hmmmm!

By: 123

123 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:23:31 +0000

then you're naive…

By: BigBadHoodie

BigBadHoodie — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:13:44 +0000

even if it does, it comes back at such a tiny amount that it's barely noticable. you transaction would have to be at least over what £500 to get a penny to come out? it's nothing to people like us!

By: Selling Antique Rings

Selling Antique Rings — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:04:29 +0000

Thank you very much for the list! Great!

By: Static

Static — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:31:37 +0000

Do you think a bank is really going to pay a new tax? The cost will be passed on to the consumer just like any other tax on corporations or bank. Retards.

By: Tgenza111

Tgenza111 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:29:43 +0000

So apparently this group has no understanding of economics or history for that matter. Robinhood the outlaw protested taxation not banks.
And in his early form, something rather lost in later years, Robin Hood was also an enemy of the Church, an organisation that was viewed by the highly-taxed peasantry as being both unbearably sanctimonious and a drain on their income. The political-media-welfare complex is the 21st century equivalent of the Church, a monster that encompasses the taxpayer-funded Left-wing media, taxpayer-funded charities, quangos and our enormous and bloated local government and welfare system.
And, behold, look who is supporting the Robin Hood tax (most figures are from 2008, the latest year for accounts):

Action Aid – which received 16.5 per cent of its £67,727,000 income in 2008 from taxpayers, including £5,967,000 from the British government and £4,939,000 from the EU.

Barnados – in 2007/08 it received £10,507,364 from taxpayers.

Christian Aid – Another 18m from taxpayers, some 20.8 per cent of all its income.

RSPB – which receives an incredible £19,731,000 a year from Johnny Taxpayer.

Unicef – another £5,454,000 from the pot

By: Spaceweaver

Spaceweaver — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:58:29 +0000

Given that this will be really successful, who is going to manage this huge fund. What person/organization can be trusted to put such amounts of resources to the beneficial ends it is raised for. Who is going to decide on priorities and distribution?

By: Gimme some cholo

Gimme some cholo — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:26:11 +0000

Hi James – as the Irish banking system has effectively been nationalised then the government would simply be taxing itself – so it wouldn't work…

By: Jamescoogan

Jamescoogan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:15:28 +0000

Hey. I love and have given support to this idea.
Can it be implemented in Ireland/ Irish banking system?
Who administers the funds raised?

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:34:56 +0000

Keep up your good work. You have my full support!

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By: Dog House

Dog House — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:59:19 +0000

Wow! I'm impressed by the number and quality of organizations that you have managed to get behind this idea.

By: Infrared Sauna

Infrared Sauna — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:57:58 +0000

Not sure I think this would work.

By: Jordi

Jordi — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:41:00 +0000

C'mon Peter Pan, 0.005% (that's 500,000ths) of EVERY transaction made thru a bank. OK it will hit some personal banking but also more importantly it would hit those that use the markets an ordinary Joe Soap like you and me does not operate within. The ones where the richest people and corporations operate, futures, shares etc, exactly where the crisis was created in the first place. So the reclamation of money injected into banking by us the tax paying citizen would be reclaimed in the main from those that generated the crisis in the first instance.

By: Peter Pan

Peter Pan — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:58:25 +0000

I think this is a dumb idea. If we tax the banks, they are just going to pass the additional cost onto the consumer through higher fees. This is not the solution. Rethink.

By: Peter Altmann

Peter Altmann — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:14:23 +0000

I am with you on your side

By: Infrared Sauna

Infrared Sauna — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:04:06 +0000

It sure seems like a wonderful idea. The tricky part will be getting everyone to back it

By: Dog Kennel

Dog Kennel — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:58:46 +0000

I'd have to agree with you Paul. It's either all or nothing for something like this.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:47:59 +0000

Why stop at taxing the banks?
Big business has continued to announce huge profits throughout the economic down turn. Why are they not contributing? Why were they not asked to bail out banks? It is their country society too.

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ny escorts — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:27:53 +0000

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By: DJ

DJ — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:15:18 +0000

Loves the hard work and effort being out in to get us our Robin Hood Tax but is a little disappointed that the SNP (ruling party in Scotland) are not being questioned as the other leaders are. Whilst Scotland may not have tax powers they do have considerable influence (way more than the Green Party) but are not being questioned. Like I say just a little pointer

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websitedevelopmentcompany — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:22:29 +0000

Robin Hood Tax is the best, most creative approach marketing campaign I've seen a charity take. Keep up the great work and well done for thinking outside the box and I hope it achieves the result you are after.

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David Palmer — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:20:19 +0000

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By: Silver

Silver — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:15:18 +0000

I love the idea of the RHT… but how would the banks react to this? They would put mortguage premiums up, overdraft chargers through the roof. The money the government took from them, they would take from us.
Assholes :(

By: joshuanelson

joshuanelson — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:45:57 +0000

Okay, I'd pay money for one of those green robin hood hoodies in the recent video. Seriously, good way to raise funds for the campaign and get free advertising!

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manhattan pressurized walls — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:20:09 +0000

So nice to know that there are organisations that work together to reduce poverty in the UK and overseas, and campaign to tackle climate change.

By: David J. Parker

David J. Parker — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:13:29 +0000

Robin Hood Tax sounds so much more appealing than Tobin Tax.
However, it doesn't change the need for it as the world economies attempt to get back to “normal” and the next meltdown.
The definition of insanity is doing them same things as caused the problem and expecting a different outcome.

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Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:10:42 +0000

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By: wookiehare

wookiehare — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:25:41 +0000

How lovely that we have the support of all these organisations. Keep up the good work

By: wookiehare

wookiehare — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:05:52 +0000

This just shows how committed you REALLY were to those people who benefit from the charities you were supporting. I'm very sad about this – it seems so petty somehow and perhaps spiteful?