John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

In terms of international capitalism, we need to be aware of some interesting developments taking place. I am in favour of the most recent calls by President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel for the introduction of a transaction tax. I have gone further in stating I favour the introduction of a Tobin tax.

If we were to imagine that the Fine Gael Party and Labour Party were in government tomorrow, what sort of brave new world would we have?Let us imagine that the Labour Party was in power tomorrow. Despite having majority socialist governments, people in Greece and Spain are on the streets because their governments have had to introduce cuts.

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