1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

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it will come for sure - and thats good.

However, there will be also assigned market makers like in former pits - and they will have a hell of a good time
 
massive taxation and reform of Capital Market is coming. Obama nation, that is what the country's majority voted for.

However, might not see such tax until 2010/2011.
 
So... as a trader and you did 50 round turns of your capital in a year, the 'transaction' tax would amount to 25% of your capital.

The exchange volume would shrink a shocking amount such that there would soon be cries to "repeal the tax."

Also, huge chunks of capital to be traded would find homes overseas... one can justify expenses in order to save "25% of capital" (each year, too) tax.

Such a transaction tax would be just as stupid as the Stamp Act tax in Revolutionary times.
 
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...Such a transaction tax would be just as stupid as the Stamp Act tax in Revolutionary times.
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Our government has been doing a lot of stupid things lately. IOW the fact that it's obviously stupid probably won't stop them.
 
OH SHIT!
They'll sell this to the public, easy!
Public thinks all traders are trust-fund kids, or multi millionaires. The Dems have done a VERY good job with their class warfare schtick.
I gotta wonder how the Obamanation will like losing all financial mkts 3 months after this is passed into law?
 
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OH SHIT!
They'll sell this to the public, easy!
Public thinks all traders are trust-fund kids, or multi millionaires. The Dems have done a VERY good job with their class warfare schtick.
I gotta wonder how the Obamanation will like losing all financial mkts 3 months after this is passed into law?
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Of course. It's raising "somebody's taxes, but not mine".

It would cripple the exchange business in the US, so can't see it sticking even if passed.

They would probably have to exempt the commodity exchanges (can't see farmers and other commercials paying the fee on "food", you know).... everybody would soon be trading pork bellies instead of GS.
 
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