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Politics
Stand Up Against a Transaction Tax
An SI Board Since February 2009
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Emcee:  John J H Kim Type:  Unmoderated
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9Well get ready so when the auditors come a callin...just shove a picture of Tim John J H Kim12/26/2009
8It has be proven that when Clinton was in office, more people out of Newt's sandintoes12/26/2009
7all 3 of mine are democrats, every time I call them I get an IRS auditlongnshort-2/26/2009
6<I>CALL or WRITE your Representatives in Congress. This has got to STOP!!!sandintoes-2/26/2009
5Correct on all counts. So why would they even consider it? Probably because any R2O12/26/2009
4Yes, a .25% tax on total transaction translates into a much much bigger percentaJohn J H Kim22/26/2009
3You got it EXACTLY right. It will totally change the dynamics of the markets. John J H Kim22/26/2009
2All such a tax will accomplish is driving small investors OUT of the markIt. It BWAC12/26/2009
1Isn't .25% the profit margin on many commodity transactions? So, for a (perR2O-2/26/2009
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