{"id":1392,"date":"2013-09-28T11:09:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T01:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2013-09-28T11:23:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T01:23:58","slug":"tax-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/2013\/09\/28\/tax-wall-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 42nd Street, near the New York Public Library, I spotted fresh chalk notices. Of course I had to photograph them even though I didn’t get a chance to read them properly because it was the evening rush hour and the sidewalks were crowded with people on their way home from work.<\/p>\n

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Then I noticed there were more police about than usual and suddenly I realised there was a protest march coming down the avenue, timed to disrupt the maximum number of people. Marchers were confined to the sidewalk and were accompanied by a phalanx of police motor cycles in the kerbside traffic lane. It was quite a sight.<\/p>\n

The issue was the ‘Robin Hood Tax’ <\/a>or, more properly, a Financial Speculation (or Transaction) Tax. Supporters of such a tax maintain it is a way to raise funds to meet human needs, like protecting public services, tackling poverty and dealing with climate change. The date was 17 September<\/a>, the two-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.<\/p>\n

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It was good to see a strong showing from Occupy Wall Street. The previous weekend a small group claiming to be Occupy Wall Street was occupying space amongst all the weekend goings-on in Union Square. Their presence was not very impressive.<\/p>\n

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On 42nd Street, near the New York Public Library, I spotted fresh chalk notices. Of course I had to photograph them even though I didn’t get a chance to read them properly because it was the evening rush hour and the sidewalks were crowded with people on their way home from work. Then I noticed <\/p>\n

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