The Banker 2

Be a Robin Hoodie. Sir Ben Kingsley, Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, Dr Who), Tom Felton (Harry Potter) Joe Dempsie (Skins), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners) and Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood) star in new campaign film for the Robin Hood Tax.

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[John Errante]

Bank has a profit margin.

Bank is levied an additional tax.

Bank adjusts profit model by decreasing interest/removing services/etc.

Bank still has the same profit margin after adjustment.

Average Joe w/ an account fronts the additional burden.

Who wins? Politicians.

[RobinHoodTax]

Luckily this tax only hits one section of the finance sector: investment banking. Not the high street retail banks that the average Joe uses day to day. The banks pay small change, we see a big difference.

[symphonicdolphin]

I really wanted to like this video and I agree with the Robin Hood Tax, but...

I felt it came across overly aggressive and intimidating. The banker was portrayed as the victim and the gang seemed too threatening to be taken lightly, even with the 'twist' at the end.

I'll continue to support the tax because it makes perfect sense, but the analogy here isn't the best way of spreading the word. I'd go as far as to remove this video from the marketing of the campaign.

[RobinHoodTax]

We're sorry to hear you don't like the video - but very happy here in Sherwood to have your support for the Robin Hood Tax. Thank you for getting involved.

[NatureClip]

I can see you point of view, but personally I think this video addresses the perception that the finance sector and those that do not support the Robin Hood tax have over the proposal - the RH tax is a minuscule percentage, they are not robbing bankers

[RobinHoodTax]

We're glad you see our point of view overall, and you're right - a Robin Hood Tax is such a tiny percentage that some might say it's letting the banks off lightly for their role in the economic crisis!

[julian mann]

Which is why people with no brains are doing it.

[JedoDre]

Couldn't help but note: I think it is a misunderstanding that there is any way that you can take the money from the companies without taking it from yourself. Bankers can move and spread their costs through various instruments, and they will make sure that others bear most of that cost. But even the presumption that investment banking does not affect the average Joe is strange to me. It all goes around back to you, whether there is only one step in between or many.

[Chris Bowerman]

He should have just told him, "Whats that Sancho? You want me to cut your hands off and use 'em as an ashtray?"

[daytrading89]

At least they admit they want to rob people via this ad. What this tax does is it dries up liquidity creating wider spreads. This means that it will be more expensive for regular people to invest in the market.

[bl0xta]

I agree, but about time we see a banker as a victim rather than Ordinary Joe Public that have been the victim since the crisis began back in 2007

[Thagga]

That's fukkin corny

[MyoubiKazara]

I think the intimidation perfectly portrays the small "scare" the banks will have when introduced to this tax, then the relief that he wasn't robbed of hardly anything settles. Not that I don't see how it could be taken as the bank being the victim as well :)