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So, you are being sarcastic.

I'm a leftist? Are you being sarcastic? I don't think any city should be allowed to force taxpayers to build a stadium to play a lame game. Any city. Understand? That's why they keep leaving or threatening to leave. Call it extortion. They never used to leave or threaten to leave decades ago and...

Typical of selective socialism. Wealth diverted and redistributed to the few. All businesses benefit their community and most don't have their buildings and business paid for by taxpayers nor should they.

Here's some socialism. The socialists are having a great time on other people's money until it runs out. Sports used to be free market and self-sustaining, but why refuse the new norm of demanding taxpayer money for new stadiums or threatening to move elsewhere. Billion dollar stadiums are...

I suppose exchange traded derivatives will be taxed to regulate the problem OTC derivatives that will not be taxed.

The development of LED technology has caused their efficiency and light output to rise exponentially, with a doubling occurring about every 36 months since the 1960s, in a way similar to Moore's law. The advances are generally attributed to the parallel development of other semiconductor...

When I read the thread title, I thought it was the other Buffett and thought that should shut him up for a while. When the article said Jimmy, I thought this is a horrible tragedy.

The financial transaction tax is a tax on long or short term, exchange traded securities, and investors-traders who had nothing to do with creating the financial crisis. Go tax those responsible for creating the crisis: debtors, lenders, real estate speculators, those that traded and created...

Purchase QuoteTracker and bring along its creator.

Shocking that everything would be cheaper in China.

I have never fallen in love, but I almost stepped in it once. Try getting that off your shoe.

Now what? Spend another 40 hours reevaluating my reevaluations that I do every couple years. The choice now is cheesy charts. Cheesy, cheesier and cheesiest.

'...global taxes, and specifically the Tobin Tax, may have seen its chance pass it by.’ http://www.taxjournal.com/tj/articles/bank-levy-draft-guidance1001

History of a bad idea: The stock transfer tax January 4, 2011 ...labor leaders like Ed Ott clamor for its reinstatement to help solve the state's budget problems. It is mystifying why they think a tax that was so harmful in the mid-1970s would be more acceptable today...

Baker now calling it a Financial Speculation Tax. tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/19/shared_sacrifice_wheres_wall_streets_share/

Germany's transaction taxes were abolished once already in 1991. ---------------------- http://www2.parl.gc.ca/content/lop/researchpublications/bp418-e.htm "Sweden, on the other hand, appears to be a classic example of an experiment gone wrong, while Germany, like many other countries...

And add state and local expenditures to the Fed for another $9327 per capita or $37K for a family of four for a total just short of $100K. Just send me a $100K check every year and I will purchase my choice of glorious governmental services.... or not.

Savers and investors have always had a history of getting scrooged for the benefit of borrowers and debt defaulters. The article does not mention the immediate loss of 0.5% on shares because of stamp duty-transaction tax. That's an incentive right there, not.

40% in silver? What happens when the other 60% panic sell? They are expecting a risk free bailout which has become the norm. History repeats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday

That's another disincentive for anyone to become self-employed or start a small business especially at a time when that is needed most. It's the politicians thinking that there are more votes to be had from the employed-unemployed vs. self-employed.