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Democrats Weigh New Tax on Investment Income http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126325868807825625.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_HealthCareReform26_4 apologies if repost i have been completely swamped

Today's WSJ Editorial http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703939404574566034074899214.html Democrats are candid, at least in private, about the kind of the deal they have mind this time around. Democrats would agree to means-test entitlements, which means that middle and...

7 Ways Financial Services Could Change http://www.smartmoney.com/Investing/Economy/7-Ways-Financial-Services-Could-Change/ A New Transaction Tax Earlier this month, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D., Ore.) and others in the House introduced a bill, Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main...

No alternative to transactions tax http://www.thestar.co.uk/letters/No-alternative-to-transactions-tax.5940590.jp

Why Concern is Still Warranted Irwin Stelzer in tomorrow's London Times They will also remember 2009 as the year that class warfare reared its ugly head in a country long free of the divisions associated with that European disease. Of necessity, the government devoted its resources to...

Small Trader Extinction http://www.tfnn.com/news/?p=114

Potential and Unintended Consequences of the Financial Transaction Tax By Irene Aldridge Much of the U.S. manufacturing has already moved to China, leaving behind scores of unemployed factory workers and foremen. The U.S. financial services system has stepped in to replace manufacturing as...

Transaction Taxes: Why 2014 Might Look Like 1914 http://tinyurl.com/y9omamz http://seekingalpha.com/article/179682-transaction-taxes-why-2014-might-look-like-1914 When the federal transaction tax was repealed, California decided to keep it. One could easily imagine that happening...

The summary of andy9775's posted paper is worth noting "The Government of India’s proposed transaction tax on commodity futures trading is likely harmful to India’s economy. This report illustrates the experience around the world (New York, Japan, Taiwan, etc.) which shows conclusively...

Taiwan decides not to tax gains on securities investment for now http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1138989&lang=eng_news&cate_img=35.jpg&cate_rss=news_Business The Cabinet's tax reform committee reached a consensus Tuesday to maintain for the time being the existing...

New tax chief promises ‘holistic’ approach to job http://www.europolitics.info/economy-monetary-affairs/new-tax-chief-promises-holistic-approach-to-job-art258639-30.html A financial transaction tax - which was pushed by France and Britain at the December European Council - is on his...

when u go to the link and it comes up click on the "video" bar to the right of the "story" bar http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a1keSW1Q3aPM no it isn't good he likes the trans tax

direct link http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a1keSW1Q3aPM or http://www.bloomberg.com/news/av/ 3rd one down

Perriello--on this list-- won by only 727 votes last year

leo hindrey on bloomberg tv right now "as the health care debate dies down the debate on the transaction tax will rise" UGH info on hindrey here http://www.intermediaadvisors.com/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=cmpAbout&s=interMedia they may put the video up...

Melanie Wold: Taxing Transactions a Terrible Idea http://thewoldreport.blogspot.com/2009/12/taxing-transactions-terrible-idea.html The Wall Street Journal must be desperate for stories this week. Today it ran an article that raises the specter of a tax on financial transactions proposed by...

U.S. National Debt Tops Debt Limit http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/16/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5987341.shtml Part of the unfortunate backdrop against which this call for new taxes is taking place

Jeffrey Sachs: How to hold the rich to their word http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f78f7aa2-e9af-11de-9f1f-00144feab49a.html A greenhouse gas assessment would be a major step forward in rationalising climate financing. A tax on international financial transactions, recently discussed by the...

Lynn Stout backs transactions tax (Professor of corporate and securities law at UCLA) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/business/july-dec09/econyearahead_12-15.html Perhaps the most unexpected economic development we could see in 2010 would be the U.S. adoption of an excise tax on...

CLIMATE CHANGE: The Many Lives of the Tobin Tax http://www.faxts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1520:climate-change-the-many-lives-of-the-tobin-tax&catid=105:breaking-news