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I'm not sure what you're asking. Please clarify. [Guests arriving at our home from out of town any minute. I won't have a chance to respond until tomorrow.]

List each of the economic issues that Germany complains about, then show one-by-one that the FTT does nothing to solve any of them. Merkel complains that her car's engine doesn't work, and then insists that putting on new brakes will solve the problem. It's a ridiculous argument and it's time...

Great news. EU-27 countries against the FTT: (1) UK (2) Sweden (3) Czech Republic (4) Romania (5) Bulgaria EZ-17 countries against the FTT: (1) Luxembourg (2) Malta (3) Cypress (4) Ireland (5) Netherlands [wavers, but last position looked like against due to high cost to...

I used to read it quite often. As you say, it's "hit and miss." On some things they were way ahead of the curve and they were right. On other things they were completely off the rails.

Good stuff. Here are two others along the same lines. --------------------------------------------- http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2127518/eu-financial-transaction-tax-proposals-hit-pensions-hard-experts Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide...

Spot on. Barroso and DeFazio are two of a kind.

You're 100% correct, but Jose Barroso is an egomaniacle empire builder willing to institute the FTT at any and all costs. He doesn't care who gets hurt as long as he gets his pot of FTT gold and the power that comes with it. I've been hoping that the EU dominatrix, Angela Merkel, would at...

I agree that the EU-27 FTT appears unlikely since the UK, Sweden, the Czech Republic and others have taken a strong stand against it. However, an EZ-17 FTT is still within reach. The opposition consists of Malta, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy (sort of), the Netherlands (on occassion) and the new...

Anders Borg, the Swedish Finance Minister, has been saying for over a year that one of the many bad effects from the FTT is an increase in costs of capital which increases the cost of goods and services. This is, in his words, "a secondary tax on businesses and consumers" that will decrease GDP...

According to ABC News (sourced from the Tax Policy Center) people who make over a million dollars a year pay, on average, 29.1% of their income in federal taxes. In addition, they pay local, state, property and sales taxes. In places like California, New York, New Jersey and other high tax...

When this ET thread began almost 3 years ago, the pro-FTT forces had already gotten off to got off to a huge head start. They were well organized and left the anti-FTT crowd standing at the starting gate. During the last couple of years we've managed to make up a lot of lost ground. At the...

Okay, this isn't directly relevant to the FTT, but... .... since the European Commission is the driving force behind the FTT in Europe, this article reveals a lot about how these people think... or don't think, as the case may be. ------------------------------------ EU bans claim that...

I don't know much about Spain's politics, but perhaps this will offer a little insight about the new ruling party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Party_(Spain) Known to have a strong Atlanticist ideology, the People's Party fostered stronger ties to the USA. Rather than getting...

Getting an agreement on a Eurozone FTT could prove difficult. At the last EU meeting, Malta and Cyprus were outright against the FTT unless it was global. Ireland and Italy said they couldn't support it unless the UK is included. Even Luxembourg is now expressing concerns that part of their...

Thanks for pointing that out. I skimmed the article and nearly had a stroke!

Scary quote from Cameron if it's true. He's not actually against the FTT, just under pressure from London. “The financial transactions tax… I must be against it, otherwise I would be hanged in the City. But just between us: I agree with the Archbishop of Canterbury, that it's not a stupid...

A major part of the motivation for this tax is empire building by Barroso and Semeta. London will be sucked dry and the money will go straight to thousands of EU bureaucrats in Brussels. Merkel will dance in the streets as the UK crashes and Germany is established as the dominant economic force...

Thanks for posting this information. It's very important. Do you have a source article for this? Even if it's in Swedish, that's okay.

Their string of recent FTT defeats have caused Barroso and his henchmen to suffer a complete break with reality. They're living in an Alice-in-Wonderland world where people losing their jobs stimulates growth in the labour market. The EU commissioners pushing this tax are crazy and desperate...

I've been discussing the FTT with several of my pro-FTT neighbors who think the tax is a good idea just because Ralph Nader and Bill Nighy say so. They're true believers because they've been brainwashed into thinking it's a tax on Wall Street and will have no negative impact on the rest of...