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Perhaps you could give us your specific strategies for stopping the FTT in the US.

Since you believe that the FTT is inevitable and there's nothing we can do about it, why do you waste your time posting on this forum?

France is a lost cause and may never revoke it. But if the French FTT fails on the main three points, it's a disincentive for other countries to implement it.

I've seen numerous articles stating the annual 1.1 billion euros projection for FTT revenues, but none of them provided any details as to how the projection was derived. http://www.sifma.org/blastemails/global_weekly_update/gfma/gfma-weekly021012.html The link below provides the most...

The main pro-FTT arguments have to be addressed one at a time: 1) The FTT would raise billions to solve social problems. The French FTT was projected by the Finance Ministry to generate 1.1 billion euros per year in revenues, or about 90 million euros per month...

“And to the millions of potential immigrants who are doing things the right way and waiting in line, this is what you get for obeying the law. Another slap in the face with a reward to those who jump to the front of the line and push you out of the way. If movie theaters, sports venues and...

Goldman "might" be pulling strings to get it done. And they might not. Do you have specific information about this? If so, please share it with us. What we can do right now is work on Congress. Without congressional approval there will be no FTT. All traders should contact their congressional...

There will be very few "small trader" survivors. I don't know anyone who could overcome a $42 per round-trip transaction tax (more than twelve times the fees and commissions I currently pay) on ES futures and similar FTT on other futures markets. It will be the end for 99% of us. Rather than...

There are no real television journalists anymore. TV news consists of 80% left-wing shills and 20% right-wing shills.

We spend money, but we don't punish everyone to try to stop the drunk drivers. Even minor inconveniences draw threats of lawsuits. The ACLU is currently threatening to sue the California Highway Patrol over sobriety checkpoints. You're completely wrong about the food poisioning. If somebody...

We accept over 800 people killed by drunk drivers each and every month. It's rare that anyone ever says a word about it.

There are tens of millions of gun owners and a few "nut cases." You're suggesting that we punish tens of millions of people in order to stop a few nut cases. Should we take everybody's cars away from them to stop drunk drivers from killing 10,000 people a year? A detective that I...

You're being completely impractical. Would you tell a golfer he can own only two clubs? When I was shooting competitively I had a half-dozen guns that I used just for competition, plus several others that I was testing. Those guns are not practical for uses such as CCW or home protection. I...

And one toothbrush and one can of beer and one child and one car and one broom and one shirt and one banana... Are you or were you ever a member of the communist party? (My great-great grandfather was, so I guess I can't be too critical.) Sounds like you long for the good old days when...

Then, specifically, what laws do you want to see that don't already exist?

A couple of years ago our county Sheriff made an arrest based upon a violation of California gun laws that ended up getting thrown out of court. The judge concluded that not even law enforcement and the DA's office fully understood the gun laws. Everybody says we need to have fewer, more...

Reference for my previous post that the French FTT is projected to generate $1.1 billion euros per year: http://www.shearman.com/The-French-Financial-Transaction-Tax--A-Sign-of-Things-to-Come-03-20-2012/ http://www.sifma.org/blastemails/global_weekly_update/gfma/gfma-weekly021012.html

Most people don't know the difference between correlation and causality and could easily be convinced, if shown the data, that killing turkeys causes winter . Perhaps a better (simpler) measurement tool is the French Finance Ministry's forecast that the French FTT will generate 1.1 billion...

To the contrary, polls show that the enthisiasm level among the most conservative voters was low. Many don't like that Romney is a Mormon. Many were likely to stay home and not vote. Ryan will be able to get these folks to the polls. But it won't be enough to win. Romney is too boring to win...

Ryan won't help Romney win the presidential election, but he will turn out the conservative base which will help Republicans maintain control of the House of Representatives and give Republicans a 50/50 chance of taking the Senate.