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单词 Robin Hood tax
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Definition of Robin Hood tax in English:

Robin Hood tax

noun
informal
  • A tax aiming to redistribute resources in order to achieve greater social equality, especially a proposed tax on transactions made by financial institutions.

    any indication that the Robin Hood Tax might be implemented soon will be welcomed by anti-poverty campaigners
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Greens' Policy on Economics includes tariff increases, the implementation of an international currency transactions tax or Robin Hood tax, and reintroducing estate duties on personal inheritance (death duties).
    • The prime minister must now prove that he is serious in his support for the Robin Hood tax.
    • According to its proponents, the Robin Hood tax is the simplest, fairest solution to these ills.
    • In Britain, War on Want calls it a 'Robin Hood tax', to show that the tax can be used to take from the rich to give to the poor.
    • A proposed levy on banks' financial transactions has been nicknamed the Robin Hood tax.
    • It does nothing substantial about banking reform, and while it pays token attention to a Green New Deal, there is no mention of a Robin Hood tax.
    • Campaigners for a so-called Robin Hood tax said Osborne could have raised 20 bn through a financial transaction tax.
    • Their alternative is for the state to increase its remit over corporations, imposing a 'Robin Hood tax' on the banks and closing tax loopholes, as well as saying no to 'unfair and unnecessary' cuts in state expenditure.
    • The question, should oil companies be charged a Robin Hood tax that would fund rebates for consumers?
    • What there is is mixed but perhaps leaning against the Robin Hood tax.
    • This month, 350 prominent economists have publicly backed a proposed "Robin Hood tax" on speculative financial transactions.
    • Imagine him saying that the money will be made available either through quantitative easing or by adopting a Robin Hood tax.
    • Last week a development charity press office sought my support for a "Robin Hood tax".
    • "Presumably this means a Robin Hood tax will be in the party's next manifesto," suggests Richard.

Origin

1960s: from the legend of Robin Hood, who reputedly stole from the rich in order to help the poor.

 
 
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