I'm all in favour of the Tobin tax as a means of redistributing wealth in
the global economy. The questoin I have is "how?" do we go about supporting
it?

David Burman
Toronto

At 02:36 PM 29/12/98 -0500, Lorraine Telford wrote:
>To fellow clickers and Ron -
>
>What a nice present to hear the Tobin Tax has been unearthed.  Ron handily
convinced me
>at the Prairie Region Health Promotion Summer School last summer that
inroads into the
>high level international trade "programs" by public health are essential
to our goals
>of public health.  I was just waiting for such an opportunity, I hope many
others grab
>at it as an act of the new year, and perhaps a new time for health
promotion.  Lorraine
>Telford
>
>> From:    Ronald Labonte <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Please Support the Tobin Tax!
>>
>> Greetings to all CLICK4HP subscribers, and best wishes for the New Year.
>>
>> Some time ago I posted some information about efforts to organize a health
>> voice on global trade and investment policy.  One potential policy option
>> is that of implementing a Financial Transaction Tax, or Tobin Tax, on
>> speculative investment.  The Happy New Year's news is that the Canadian
>> House of Commons will be debating a private member's bill to do just that,
>> in February 1999!
>>
>> This is one of the most encouraging developments, on the global policy
>> front, to come along in a long time!  If we can "win" this one, we have a
>> much better chance of ensuring that our globalizing economy works to the
>> long term human, social and health interests of all, and not just the
>> short-term financial interests of a few.
>