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If we add the members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (the group that DeFazio started) then the number comes to 102. It's not a given that all of the members of this group will vote in favor (there is at least one member opposed), but quite a few of the 4191 sponsors show up in the...

It's scary that this guy actually has a PhD in economics. This profession is probably the single greatest contributor to human misery on the planet. Gramm was also one of those responsible for the repeal of Glass-Steagall. Great job that guy did. There should be a special place in hell for...

See the attached file for his 50% volume decrease calculations. It doesn't matter if Baker is honest or not since his followers aren't.

New Baker response to FTT criticisms.

He's a co-sponsor so it's not surprising. Worth mentioning is that 15 of the 29 sponsors of 4191 are in the House Populist Caucus. My guess is that the other 13 Caucus members would also support it. This would bring the number of supporters to 54.

Article that says HFT is bad so introduce a transactions tax. Comment section available. moneymorning.com/2010/01/28/volcker-plan

Another:

A report that FTT supporters sometimes refer to:

Good points in your comment. Something else that seems to be lost on the FTT crowd is that reductions in transaction volume will lead to a loss of capital gains taxes. I am not sure of the exact numbers yet but it seems reasonable that this reduction would substantially offset or even exceed any...

As a suggestion, it would be best not to place direct links to enemy sites on this thread (like CEPR). Whenever someone from here clicks the link it leaves a record that the enemy can follow back here. Since automatic URL parsing seems to be the norm on this board, I would suggest writing links...

Brown is either delusional or he's a liar. He says his tax would make crises less likely. The FTT that was present from 1914-1966 didn't do anything to stop the Crash of 1929 and the onset of the Depression.

Can you put this information back, or at least a condensed version of it? As far as I understand Wikipedia, your submission should be just as good as any from this Reimer guy. Moreover, this Reimer is violating the Wikipedia editing policy...

The ridiculous thing is that the FTT just shifts the burden from the public back to the public.

Yes, it is important to stay on point with what they are looking for. Read the Lipsky interview if clarity on this issue is required: http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=43378&t=1&c=38&cg=4&mset=

Here is the member who sent the IMF the ET link. What the hell were you smoking that made you think that was a good idea?

Article on TT: http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/664/Tobin_tax:_could_it_work__.html

Funny that Paltrow and Madonna are both mentioned here: http://trueslant.com/marinfeldman/2009/07/02/gwyneth-paltrow-you-ignorant-slut/

The only celebrity I can respect is John Mayer. The reason is because of the following snippet from one of his interviews: This world is like Burn After Reading on steroids, filled with idiots who don't know anything about anything telling other people exactly how they should live their lives.

In regards to these celebrity endorsements, I believe the working document that these groups are using for their plan is the one I am posting here. The media blitz by this Curtis fellow is mentioned on page 3.