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Finland Joins Call for Financial Market Tax
"HELSINKI, Feb 15, 2012 (IPS) - In the midst of the debt and financial crises plaguing key European countries, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has joined a growing international chorus calling for the introduction of a global financial market tax and the shutting down of tax havens, saying all that is needed is the political will to do it."
Right. Good luck with that "political will" thing. Most if not all politicians have mastered the not-too-difficult skill of "political won't"
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106770
