President Obama: Take the Money Back!

President Obama: Take the Money Back!

The Issue

Hundreds of billions of dollars of our money have gone to bank bailouts, but banks are still raking in billions in profit and are giving CEOs gigantic bonuses while public services are gutted.

It's payback time. A new proposal — a tiny tax on financial speculation — is gathering support from activists and economists, celebrities and policymakers. The tax could raise hundreds of billions of dollars each year for U.S. job creation to create jobs, fight climate change, and combat global disease.

But massive numbers of people need to weigh in with President Obama in order to overcome Wall Street greed.

That's where you come in. Join IPS, Oxfam America, Health GAP, and ActionAid USA to show the president that we won't stand for any more recklessness: Call on Obama to support a financial speculation tax.

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The Issue

Hundreds of billions of dollars of our money have gone to bank bailouts, but banks are still raking in billions in profit and are giving CEOs gigantic bonuses while public services are gutted.

It's payback time. A new proposal — a tiny tax on financial speculation — is gathering support from activists and economists, celebrities and policymakers. The tax could raise hundreds of billions of dollars each year for U.S. job creation to create jobs, fight climate change, and combat global disease.

But massive numbers of people need to weigh in with President Obama in order to overcome Wall Street greed.

That's where you come in. Join IPS, Oxfam America, Health GAP, and ActionAid USA to show the president that we won't stand for any more recklessness: Call on Obama to support a financial speculation tax.

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Petition created on May 6, 2010