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Thank you for your kind comments on my video for moneyshow shot in Vegas in Nov.

Every time a FTT proponent raises the UK stamp tax as precedent, our reply should be the following. Why does the UK stamp tax exempt banks and fall on the little guy mostly? My understanding is that 70% of transactions, mostly in banks and brokers are exempt from the stamp duty tax. Shouldn't...

Is that German exchange Chairman correct about "unregulated exchanges"? "A financial transaction tax would be "a gift for the unregulated exchanges," said Deutsche Boerse Supervisory Board Chairman Manfred Gentz. "Gentz was referring to a slew of so-called alternative trading platforms...

FTT is not on fire with government officials in my view and they are choosing the more targeted solutions on banks, either following Obama/Geithner's plan, or a new IMF bank insurance premium/levy approach. The leading-exchange countries know full well a FTT will decimate business on their...

Did Madonna host the Oxfam live aide telecast? Wasn't she mentioned as being part of the FTT push for Oxfam? Clooney's Haiti Relief Telethon Adds Madonna, Beyonce http://www.thewrap.com/article/clooneys-haiti-relief-telethon-adds-madonna-beyonce-13327 Madonna is the one living in the UK as an...

agree with you as always seaside and thanks. We don't want to open a can of worms on this and give the Hollywood trades a reason to tackle our plea and help the other side even more. Here is what I am working on and won't pull the trigger until we have more clarity and discussion. Plus I...

"Public transport is rubbish - says Madonna, the chauffeur-driven pop diva" http://www.dail*****.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-547729/Public-transport-rubbish--says-Madonna-chauffeur-driven-pop-diva.html "I would make it so that aspiring musicians wouldn't have to pay the congestion charge, or pay...

Agree 100% on no boycott, that is unproductive, won't work, and it will alienate the people we are trying to influence. I do think we need to take action writing to the entertainment media about why a FTT is bad idea for Main Street and invite that media to see if celebs are being...

Charities are hurting in this recession and the social-cause globalists are frustrated over lack of progress at the Copenhagen climate conference. It's a perfect storm brewing for coalition around a serious fight to pass a FTT. The grass roots Tea Party type campaign should not be under...

You are probably right. Let's see what develops this week. Thanks

Good points but I still think we should make our appeal on straight forward truth that it destroys our small business trading industry and we are not the rightful target. The public is so far not buying that wall street banks will pass on the bank fee to investors. I don't think the public...

All fat cats are trying to deflect tax and blame and turn anger on bankers and traders. What about celeb fat cats and most of all government fat cats with their jumbo jets, armies of staff and most of all golden-parachute defined benefit pensions that provide cadillac fixed pay for life. Private...

We need some celebs on our no tax increase on the middle class side too like comedian dennis miller who does fox news alot. Same list from the presidential election. They can block and tackle the socialist-celebs on their own stomping grounds.

Celebrity FTT promoters. Good last post on this and we should do all three suggestions. Write to them and explain our problems with FTT. Also tell them they should refrain as we are starting a boycott. Why charge a tax on us when people can donate their ticket money to charity. Why aren't celebs...

Darling is right on in times online. There is no magic too big too fail amount, activity or concept. It's the connectivity. Little AIG Financial Products was the corner stone that cracked and crashed the castle. Trading is used by banks to reduce risk as much as take risk. Does anyone really...

I've said all along that Secretary Geithner was our man to defend against a financial-transaction tax. To block the Euro-initiative and American-homegrown one too. If the President dumps Geithner I think that shows tremendous weakness on his part, and that he does not have the backbone to...

Is the Volcker Rule a good or bad idea at this time? This is a Comment for the Barron's article today "The New Dismal - The Volcker Rule comes too late. Stocks thrashed by a headwind of negative news. More dollar strength ahead" at...

MSNBC Maddow's TV show last night explained how a "nuclear option" can change the filibuster rules with 51 votes, if the Vice President uses his powers on the vote too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option

I replied too. Good article and here are a few updates. Your statement “Congressmen DeFazio and others in Congress are pushing” obscures the fact that Congressmen DeFazio is the founding sponsor and by far the main pusher of this harmful tax which mostly hits Main Street, including many...

Volcker rule and opportunities for traders in banks If the new Volcker rule is enacted, bankers will have a choice to make between commercial bank lending or investment management businesses. Portfolio managers in banks can take control of their own destiny, act as entrepreneurs and do great...