AGAIN, Erin B is talking up this insanity. The guest who supports denies reality, disses day traders and argues it won't hurt the little guy.
Yes it will. It will wipe out traders with less than 1 million in total capital to make day trades with over night. It will WIDEN not lessen the gap between the rich and poor.
It will dry liquidity and big boys will get exemptions, widening that gap ever more.
Yet this fool argues (probably as he is not a day trader!) that it will not harm the little guy.
Erin, please do not give these idiots a forum for spewing their governmental power expanding hidden agendas, why do you keep doing this?
Of course if you are an INVESTOR it is not so impacting as you are not trading several positions in an out daily. But it wipes out RETAIL day traders like US.
It is not his business or right to decide to single out frequent traders as bad guy evil speculators.
These folks use emotion and ignorance to get the average public to believe incorrect and unfair things through trickery, leading to unintended consequences and aggrandized governmental power, which is all this about in the and and why so many public officials are falling in line with the idea, they see yet another greedy revenue stream to advance their socialist vote buying agenda to tighten the grip another notch.
Day traders cannot invest, they are being singled out in effect to financial ruin by these bozos with this idea should it ever see the light of day, and I for one do not assume as many here argue, that it will not-these clowns are the same folks who cheated bond holders in the auto deal, nationalized banks and GM, etc.
What was thought unthinkable a few short years ago has is now reality. Now it is national health care. Anyone who believes this CANNOT happen is seriously deluded and ignoring the stupidity and greed and cynicism of politicians these days!