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have you heard this joke? it's funny.

about a system out of whack

how the banks all took our money

and we're trying to get it back

trying to get it back

but the banks all drag their heels

just like we knew they would

it's time that we got real

it's time for Robin Hood

It's the Robin Hood tax

Do the Robin Hood dance

Also known as the Financial Transaction Tax

Some people call it FTT for short

all over the world

hundreds of thousands of times a day

financial assets are traded

the robinhood tax, taxes these trades

like stocks, bonds and foreign exchange

traded both physically and as derivatives

options, forwards, futures and swaps

we're talking speculative banking

so it won't effect you or me

it's the Robin Hood tax

do the Robin Hood dance

make the Robin Hood face

yeah

the rate of the tax would be

between .5% and .005%

and implemented globally

would raise 400 billion every yera"