an itsy bitsy, you banker cats
it’s less than point 1 percent, the speculator tax
to help the people and our planet we ask
please pay the speculator tax

stock and currency exchange markets a c(fret 5+EBe) e
trade trillions every day a c(fret 5+EBe) e
untaxed transactions to wit a c(fret 5+EBe) e
the speculators (are) free to play a c(fret 5+EBe) d(fret 7+EBe) e

don’t tiny winy you wall street cats
it’s less than point 1 percent, the speculator tax
to help our planet and the people now get jazzed
offer to pay the speculator tax

this micro tax to be fair
on the big exchange trades
would raise billions every year
to make the world a better place

a teeny weeny you trading cats
the less than point 1 percent speculator tax
so tell your congress person yes yes yes
I want to pay the speculator tax

speculators help us pass the speculator tax
so we won’t have to call it the robinhood tax

chords: an itsy bitsy, you banker cats / e g(fret 5+EBe)
it’s less than point 1 percent, the speculator tax a(fr7+EBe) e
to help the people and our planet we ask / e g(fret 5+EBe)
please pay the speculator tax a(fr7+EBe) b(fr7+EBe) e

Speculator Tax /stele c15

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ps: so big and small, make the call,
to your super duper rep today
let’s support this legislation, yes way

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The Robin Hood Tax swooped into America’s national spotlight when presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders joined with National Nurses United and student groups in Washington, D.C. to announce his introduction of two Senate bills – the College for All Act and the Robin Hood tax bill that would levy a small tax on Wall Street financial transactions in order to fund free tuition at every public college and university in the United States, as well as slash interest rates on existing student loans. See more at

The College for All Act and the Robin Hood Tax would set a 0.5 percent tax on most stock transactions, and a lesser tax on bond and derivative trades. Such a tax has been championed for years by NNU, the country’s largest organization of registered nurses, and other healthcare and climate change groups and is already in effect in more than 40 countries around the world, including Britain, Germany, Switzerland, and China. A similar Robin Hood Tax bill, H.R. 1464, introduced by Rep. Keith Ellison, is pending in the House of Representatives. The tax is estimated to raise about $300 billion per year to fund programs such as free higher education, healthcare for all, and a reversal of climate change.

We need this tax. Why? The financial crisis and the recession have left a massive hole in the government’s finances. Jobs and public services are at risk while many other developed and developing countries face a similar struggle. Thousands of Robin Hood supporters believe that banks, hedge funds and the rest of the financial sector should pay their fair share to clear up the mess they helped create!!!!

In the US, HR 755 was introduced by Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA). See The Investing In Our Future Act [www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/755] (House of Representatives)

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Tax Wall Street Greed to Fund Global Needs
As a top climate polluter and the world’s largest economy, the United States owes the world a whole lot when it comes to climate change. H.R. 755, the Investing in Our Future Act, introduced by Representative Pete Stark (D-Calif.), would create climate and health funds to help developing countries by taxing large Wall Street currency transactions.

By placing a tiny levy on an untaxed financial market, the Investing in Our Future Act could raise $5 billion in urgently needed funds for climate change and health programs in impoverished countries, while reducing the budget deficit here at home.

Please urge your member of Congress to co-sponsor the Investing in Our Future Act.

• The Investing In Our Future Act : congress.gov /bill/112th-congress/house-bill/755
• After Traveling Europe, Robin Hood Drops in on Congress : Huffington Post
• Wall Street Greed Fueled Egypt’s Turmoil : Common Dreams .org
• Food Egypt & Wall Street : Huffington Post

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