tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530776363222965313.post2963229981353929508..comments2023-10-07T13:16:34.756+02:00Comments on Simon Thorpe's Ideas on the Economy: 10 Myths about the causes of the recession + one moreSimon Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605233720415886802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530776363222965313.post-70967697063110316202012-01-07T19:23:31.465+01:002012-01-07T19:23:31.465+01:00Yes we can! I still think that we live in somethin...Yes we can! I still think that we live in something that resembles a democracy. And if a political party said that they would take them on, put a modest FTT on all transactions and abolish all the other taxes, then I'm confident that nearly everyone would vote for it - except the 1% that do high-frequency trading and the like. But, except in the City of London, it's still people that vote, and not corporations.Simon Thorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605233720415886802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530776363222965313.post-44976416506638731312012-01-07T18:42:34.735+01:002012-01-07T18:42:34.735+01:00Ah but then the greedy would rake in less - and we...Ah but then the greedy would rake in less - and we can't have that can we?Simon Thorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605233720415886802noreply@blogger.com