Quote from Random.Capital:
Dollars are fungible. So are Euros.
Quote from clacy:
The revenue gained from a FTT would not be locked in some "lockbox" for the next financial meltdown.
Quote from Random.Capital:
Of course not.
It would first go to paying down the costs of the previous dozen-odd bailouts, the costs of which have amounted to a subsidy from taxpayers to market participants.
We are a long long way to break even on history, once that bill has been paid, then we can worry about a "lock box" for the future.
Quote from Random.Capital:
Of course not.
It would first go to paying down the costs of the previous dozen-odd bailouts, the costs of which have amounted to a subsidy from taxpayers to market participants.
We are a long long way to break even on history, once that bill has been paid, then we can worry about a "lock box" for the future.
The European Commissionâs estimation that a financial transactions tax (known as a Tobin Tax) would raise â¬37bn (£30.5bn) is âbased on overly optimistic assumptions,â Ernst & Young says today.
The Commission has acknowledged that it did not address the impact of lower GDP on revenue collection from other taxes,â states economic adviser Marie Diron. âEven when modelled against the best case scenario this incurs a â¬39bn loss, making the net impact on overall tax revenues a loss of â¬2bn.
Using the Commissionâs worst case scenario, involving a 1.76 per cent hit to GDP, the tax could result in a net loss to public finances of â¬116bn.