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

German finmin: no EU consensus for transaction tax:

http://www.xe.com/news/2010-05-18 07:26:00.0/1152749.htm?c=1&t=

BRUSSELS, May 18 (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday he saw no consensus yet within the European Union for imposing a financial transaction tax.

Schaeuble told a news conference that an EU-wide financial transaction tax was an option only if ministers from the Group of 20 nations could not agree on one when they meet in June.

Well there is no way in hell the G20 is going to agree to this and I highly doubt the EU would either. So I guess Germany is going to have to go it alone...

-Guru
 
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Well there is no way in hell the G20 is going to agree to this and I highly doubt the EU would either. So I guess Germany is going to have to go it alone...


..and given what Schaeuble said previously (below) that won't happen either!

"Actually, such a thing only makes sense when it can be introduced globally. Europe and also (Germany) will exert itself in this respect. But there are considerable doubts as to whether it will come to pass globally."
 
Germans, what masochists. Let's just remove all the liquidity and severely restrict the flow of capital. Great plan. Oh, while we're at it, we should take a 5% haircut on every new brokerage account or financial account opened.
 
If you think that Barack Obama is one terrible regulator, take a look at the so called conservative-libertarian politicians in germany/europe. I mean, even libertarian parties are now pushing it.
I call it the Bismarck-effect: back then he gave germans public health care so wouldn't lose his power to the communist parties. Of course many people don't see it that way.
 
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