Check this out first...
Watched it? Good.
Apart from the stupid name (yeah it's good marketing but it's not exactly a 'tax the rich to help the poor'... there are a lot more rich people around that aren't bankers), I'm a bit like Bill Nighy in this one. I hate socialism, but I do find it hard to disagree with this when I see the figures. BUT... I will not support it unless...
a) All the climate change bullshit is removed. Banks have NOTHING to do with climate change. The bailout of the banks (the REASON for this tax) has nothing to do with climate change. Climate change is still highly polarizing, so sticking that in will just turn off people like me.
b) Spend it domestically. ONLY. As said in the last point, it was the UK bank bailout which caused a reduction of UK public service investment so it should ONLY be invested in the UK. If we spend some of it abroad, then the NHS/schools/whatever are still being left in the lurch.
As I write this, I'm starting to dislike TRHT more and more. I came here to say that if you have a focused and specific idea, which is a solution to the billions wasted by the banking sector, then I support it. But, like Robin Hood, this has a 'vive la resistance' weight around its neck, where a bunch of climate change nuts/Bob Geldof-alikes are diluting the meaning of this campaign and putting off people that want a solution to this problem but don't want to worry 10 years later when our money was wasted in other countries and for causes which are pretty much futile.
Tax the banks here, improve the public services which now face cuts HERE. Nothing else. Then you'd get my vote.
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