there is something they have been advancing called the robin hood tax. it is gaining steam, all kinds of americans are starting to buy into this. i want you to hear about a as one solution to the problem. please welcome roseanne. >> as we all know, wall street does not pay its fair share. there is a minimum of 50 cents on stocks. we all pay sales tax on everything that we buy. we sell something, we pay tax. this is paying to wall street -- you have gotten a pass. when you talk about jobs and education, i want to ask you, where are the jobs? they are not just trickling down or bubbling up -- there are no jobs in this country. i work for the labor movement -- it is being decimated by the right wing. i will talk about the financial transaction tax -- this is a part of the solution. i want to tell you, i represent registered nurses in the unions across this country. they are of the finest tradition of martin luther king -- they are about humanity. they do not make distinctions among patients. they do not care if you are rich or if you are poor, if you are bl

the exciting thing about a financial transaction tax or robin hood tax is the actually big gain changer for the financial sector it would it would make short termism an awful lot more expensive than a long term investment and therefore it would shift the financial sector away from being something that the rest of us service and it would actually restore the old idea of the finance sector that its job was to support the real economy rather than the other way round so in many ways you know the chief several objectives at once and that's one of the reasons why we support it so it's basically air attacks on large financial transactions is it retribution for the bankers it's not retribution but it is about making sure that the finance sector that cause so much damage to the world economy and actually put something back actually helps to to restore the situation because over the last few years we've actually seen an awful lot of people around the world suffering as a result of the actions of the finance sector with the possible exception of the people at the very top of the finance sector who

been a supporter of the robin hood tax campaign ever since it was started in fact we were one of the organizations that helped set it up what we want to see is two things firstly we're interested in a new stream of revenue from an undertaxed sector and one that caused significant damage to the world economy to fund global public goods help us stop cuts in public services help us tackle poverty at home and abroad and tackle climate change but also. the exciting thing about a financial transaction tax or robin hood tax is the actually big gain changer for the financial sector it would it would make short termism an awful lot more expensive than a long term investment and therefore it would shift the financial sector away from being something that the rest of us service and it would actually restore the old idea of the finance sector that its job was to support the real economy rather than the other way round so in many ways you know it is cheap several objectives at once and that's one of the reasons why we support it so it is basically air attacks on large financial transactions is it

one would be the robin hood tax. the other would be to change the way our tax structure is organized, how to get money out of politics, hold corporations responsible, support attorney general's fighting for for closure relief. there are six of 10. >> have you ever been wrong? [laughter] >> occupy wall street is a moral compass. they are articulating what they think it should be. the lead essay is a shift. i am wrong all the time. >> give me one example. [laughter] >> i said on national television the night -- election night of 2000 as florida was coming in that the election would be decided that night. people may remember that election was decided by the supreme court. it went on for two or three months. it ended up being decided by the governors, bush's brother, a supreme court judge chosen by his father. >>> george bush was asked if he had ever been wrong and said he could not think of a time. he is still saying that. [laughter] humble man. we are about out of time. do you have a short question? >> what is the circ

the money raised there going to the robin hood foundation. i myself give that foundation a nice donation. are they doing the right thing? >> they've made 200 grants so far. sent 20, 30% of what they raised. that's not bad for an organization that's sort of operating like a community foundation where they're really funding a wide range of organizations across the area. >> bill: when the folks, including me here, only 20 to 30% has been donated and remembered the storm, all right, hit halloween. it was right before halloween. so we said, wait a minute. we're approaching february. only 20 to 30%, even if you are a cover agency that's giving out grants and you have to check out who you're giving the money to, it doesn't seem that that's that quick. >> well, if it doesn't seem that quick, that doesn't speak so well for a lot of other actors and so you could look at the group that raised most money, $250 million, the american red cross. only spending 40%. their job is really more mass care, had is the urgent disaster relief services that we all kno

[applause] >> on the robin hood tax -- is simply a tax on wall street. as we know, wall street does not pay its fair share. the minimum amount when stocks or bonds or derivatives or currencies are bought and sold, there is a minimum amount, 50 cents in the case of stocks, on a $100 trade. we all pay sales tax on everything that we buy. we sell something, we pay tax. this is paying to wall street -- you have gotten a pass. when you talk about jobs and education, i want to ask you, where are the jobs? they are not just trickling down or bubbling up -- there are no jobs in this country. i work for labor movement -- is being decimated by the right wing. i will talk about the financial transaction tax -- this is a part of the solution. i want to tell you, i represent registered nurses in the unions across this country. they are of the finest tradition of martin luther king -- they are about humanity. they do not make distinctions among patients. they do not care if you are rich or if you are poor, if you are black or if you are white, if you are a man or if y

you can help the victims of hurricane sandy with a $10 do facial by texting robin hood to 50555 which i believe is paul mccartney's cell phone. (laughter) now folks, you know me, you know i have had it up to here with this imperial presidency. the arrogance of getting re-elected by running on a platform that voters find appealing sickens mement and now, and now folks, get ready for this, lady michelle antoinette. has abused her power yet again. >> oh, the perks of being first lady michelle obama is a self-professed downton abbey fan. she could not bear waiting until january 6th for the new season to begin so she asked the british filmmakers for a copy now. she got it. >> stephen: oh, yes, cup cup, fetch me the downtons. now, meanwhile we commoners are left to far what will become of downton as it lurches it into the roaring '20s, will lord grantham accept labbee cybil's child with branson. will they stay in prison forth murder of his ex-wife. will they accept a marriage proposal from a young corporal hitler? (laughter) so many questions! she knows the answers. but we don't. until the

the robin hood taxes an idea whose time has come. radicals light nicholke nicolasy and angela merkel have a tax on currency transactions that would bring in $350 billion a year. some of my heroes are the nurses of this country. national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of good things that 1%ers are for. >> he is not really offering of a lot. >> he is talking about being taxed less than his assistant. there is a group of patriotic millionaires. it is the belief that you owe backe to a country that has helped to make you what you are. steve jobs -- we had a tough column in the last issue. it was tough not about apple labor practices in china. here you had a man of great wealth was talking about cutting taxes and never really gave of his philanthropic wealth. poor bill gates, he gets nailed for being so square. you can disagree with some things. but he is out there. >> all of them out there now came a little late to the party. they got very rich, very young. i wanted to le

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[applause] >> on the robin hood tax -- is simply a tax on wall street. as we know, wall street does not pay its fair share. the minimum amount when stocks or bonds or derivatives or currencies are bought and sold, there is a minimum amount, 50 cents in the case of stocks, on a $100 trade. we all pay sales tax on everything that we buy. we sell something, we pay tax. this is paying to wall street -- you have gotten a pass. when you talk about jobs and education, i want to ask you, where are the jobs? they are not just trickling down or bubbling up -- there are no jobs in this country. i work for the labor movement -- it is being decimated by the right wing. i will talk about the financial transaction tax -- this is a part of the solution. i want to tell you, i represent registered nurses in the unions across this country. they are of the finest tradition of martin luther king -- they are about humanity. they do not make distinctions among patients. they do not care if you are rich or if you are poor, if you are black or if you are white, if you are a man

ultimately led to many people considering him something of an on line robin hood but his supporters his friends his family members believe that it was him being targeted by the federal government that caused this brilliant twenty six year old to take his own life reporting from new york marina port ny on r.t. . short triggered an avalanche of tributes online from leading internet and like minded accidents and a german and a pirate party fabia ryan holland believes the potential punishment was facing for his activity was way too much it is completely ridiculous people are being charged with fifty thousand dollars fines for just are not into music from the internet was quoting pirates on the internet that should have been on the internet. a long time ago and actually j. store. where the pirates came from said they wanted to put the parts on the internet anyway and was just did a good job doing it i think the system with this case whenever it comes to internet freedom whenever it comes to copyright infringement then all the senators all the people in the house of representatives in the uni

this case go forward and not stop while authorities dubbed him a criminal supporter say he was a robin hood in the fight for freedom of information aaron swartz was a prodigy at fourteen he helped write the are assessed specific ation an online syndication system that allows users to consolidate feeds from numerous blog sites automatically instead of having to check each website individually the program is now part of the common vocabulary of the internet and is used on a daily basis for publishing news stories from all over the world critics say u.s. officials wanted aaron sent down to set an example he was going up against policy and he knew it well but he thought he would be in the clear in the law because he was only spreading public domain documents instead swartz. case has made an example of how seriously the internet is regulated in the us the laws under which he was indicted date back to one thousand nine hundred eighty four many believe they're long outdated the prison sentences needed to be relaxed especially for supposed crimes like this where there was no economic motive where t

ultimately led to many people considering him something of an on line robin hood but his supporters his friends his family members believe that it was him being targeted by the federal government that caused this brilliant twenty six year old to take his own life reporting from new york. triggered an outpouring of support for his work and tributes to him came in from all corners of the web i want german m.p. from the pirate party fabio reinhardt he says the punishment short was facing was just simply too harsh. it is completely ridiculous people are being charged. for just are not into music from the internet. putting it on the internet that should have been on the internet. a long time ago and actually j.-star. the where the pirates came from said they wanted to put the parts on the internet anyway and. good job doing it this is from the uk this case whenever it comes to comes to copyright and. then. other people in the house of representatives in the united states the same side there is no differences there same side as hollywood does and sometimes it's just that they're completely in

ultimately led to many people considering him something of an on line robin hood but his supporters his friends and family members believe that it was him being targeted by the federal government that caused his brilliant twenty six year old to take his own life reporting from new york marina port niamh arcade. now sources death triggered an outpouring of support for his work and tributes to him came in from all corners of the web one german m.p. from the pirate party sabia rinehart who says the punishment this was was facing was simply put to hush. it is completely ridiculous people are being charged fifty thousand dollars fines for just an outing some music on the internet or into articles or putting find clients on the internet that should have been on the internet traffic a long time ago and actually j.-star. where the fires came from said they wanted to put the fire on the internet anyway and aaron swartz just did a good job doing it this is the problem this case whenever it comes to internet freedom whenever it comes to copyright infringement then all the senators other people in