A tiny tax on financial activities that would raise billions
for fighting climate change and poverty at home and abroad.
The Biblical tradition of Jubilee, which has inspired so much of our work on economic and ecological justice, is a radical revisioning of society. Jubilee acknowledges that while we have been given enough for what we need, human behaviour inevitably throws the system off balance. Jubilee calls on us to pause and reflect on our actions, and to take corrective measures such as resting land that has been worked too hard, setting the enslaved free, and redistributing concentrated wealth so that all might equally benefit from what God has so generously provided. The Robin Hood Tax is one small step towards correcting the balance between those who have enough and those who do not.
The Robin Hood Tax (Financial Transactions Tax) would enable governments to honour their promises to finance climate change adaptation in developing countries and meet the Millennium Development Goals. It would also ensure that banks and the financial sector, not citizens, pay their fair share of the global economic recovery.
Please join KAIROS and its partners in Canada and around the world in calling for this simple solution to the most pressing problems of our time.
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Need a quick primer on the Robin Hood Tax?
Check out our FTT Q&A
Learn more about how this tax can work and why it’s a good idea:
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Adopt a Financial Transactions Tax
As well, check out these great videos featuring actors Bill Nighy and Ben Kingsley from the UK Robin Hood Tax campaign!
