Make Finance Work

Huhu,

i dunno who deleted my post yesterday, but i posted this thread before. This is a really good petition, i already signed in and i would like it, if some of u would sign in 2. Watch the videos on

http://www.makefinancework.org/-Start-.html?lang=en

to see what this petition is about. It works with a tax for bankiers which is only 0,05 %, that would be billion of dollars every year for poor people and the environment.

Watch those video to see what i mean





or this one i really liked, its for guys like us to understand it better





introdution from the site:




A small change for the banks. A big difference for the world.


Introduce the Robin Hood Tax now!

Dear heads of state of the G20,

The financial sector has caused the current historic crisis. The
exponential growth of the financial sector with a focus on short-term
speculative gain has created a ‘casino economy’. With the bursting of
the most recent bubble, millions of men and women have lost their jobs.
People all over the world have been plunged further into poverty and a
hundred million more people are hungry today.

You have mobilised hundreds of billions of dollars to save the banks
and the financial system. At the same time, neither the social nor the
climate emergency is being addressed with the political urgency it
deserves and with the necessary financial resources to back it.
Financial services corporations benefited for decades from the absence
of meaningful regulation and are largely responsible for the crisis. We
believe it is time for them to pay their fair share of the costs of
recovery. A Financial Transactions Tax would be the most effective
instrument to secure this. It would:

• Generate funds to pay for the social costs of the crisis, to
  fight global poverty, to fund global public goods such as health care
  and to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
  
• Contribute to greater stability of the financial system by reducing
  speculation and excessive liquidity.
  

Business as usual is not an option. We urge you to decide at
your next meeting in Toronto, Canada (26-27 June 2010) to introduce a
tax on financial transactions. Back your words with action.

Yours sincerely

Im sorry ITSAME this really seams to be ads, and its not allowed.

This is not serious discussion

wtf
did u read what this petition is about?
its a suggestion for the high animals in G8 meeting to avoid a financial crisis like in 2008 again. noone get money with this, its even better then greenpeace.

watch the videos on the site then u will understand, without reading ofc it looks like ads

I remove my objection

I bow before you Itsame


I actually agree on this one, but the major problem is that this MUST be applied to ALL banks, otherwise, banks from other countries that would not have such legislation would buy the banks that had.
so yea, it has a good theory, i liked the first video

Congrats itsame

(see ppl this proves that opinions can change)

This deserves a sticky

I thought the same like u master at the first time. i thought wtf is that, another tax? For what we need that. But i read the petition carefully and found out that its a really good idea. After that i signed the petition and it would be nice to see that u guys would do that 2.


Ye thats right it have to be applied to all banks, but that could be a problem. We have to hand on the higher animals in the politics like in G8 meeting in kanada and hope they care about it. Like u see in the videos, prominent people support this petition 2 and thats very nice, if we have now more supporters from the "normal" citizen, this could be a real CHANGE (not obamas fake change, a real change)