Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

Why is it always too complicated and why are there always excuses as to the reason one cannot tax the wealthy, the speculators, the bankers and the bondholders, as would a financial transactions tax? Even a rate of 0.1% would raise €500 million, while a rate of 1% would raise €5 billion. The Taoiseach states it is too complex to do that, there are so many excuses for not doing it, every reason under the sun, but it is not too complicated to attack working people and the vulnerable in our society-----

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