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by LatteLazy 1047 days ago
>Windfall , by definition, being unexpectedly high profits. reply

Just because it's called a windfall tax does not mean it only effects windfalls. This is really just a "surprise extra tax". Plenty of people said that rising interest rates would mean more risk but also more profit for banks. Now they have taken the risk they're being told the profit is not theirs...