I haven’t posted an opinion piece before, and I may be opening myself up to a whole world of pain by starting with this one, but this idea has been gathering momentum around the internet for a while now and I wanted to respond to it with a little more elucidation than that afforded by a tweet or a facebook flame war. For the record, I am not opposed to the Robin Hood Tax in the same way that I oppose Scientology or Jeremy Clarkson, but generally speaking it’s a good idea to be critical and to not take everything at face value.

Disclaimer : this is an opinion piece. I trust that people are capable of using Google to research the facts, though if you’re planning on using Wikipedia I should mention that this article has nothing to do with the film starring Kevin Costner or any episodes of Star Trek.

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