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To: slacker711 who wrote (126204)12/3/2009 11:55:47 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 543059
 
Would reduce volatility--no? Leave more long term investors to dominate the markets. That might be a good thing.



To: slacker711 who wrote (126204)12/3/2009 2:52:06 PM
From: KyrosL  Respond to of 543059
 
That proposed tax is crazy. It will simply drive trading outside the US. A reasonable tax would be around a fiftieth of that, implemented worldwide. Pelosi is on record that she only supports a transactions tax, if it's implemented worldwide.