Quote from listedguru:
The more I think about the transaction tax I think our next battle lies with the FY2011 budget (as was mentioned in the WSJ piece).
The dems are licking their chops over that $150B revenue number they keep throwing around. That perceived pot of honey can go a long ways towards wiping out the deficit (or I mean paying for new social programs). We all know the net number is nowhere near $150B (if not net negative).
I don't like the idea of the Senate being able to pass a budget bill via reconciliaton (with a simple 51 vote majority). I haven't fully confirmed this yet but I believe this is the case. I'm going to delve into this issue a little further this weekend and see what I can find out.
-Guru
This whole transaction tax bill is comical. If congress passes it, you know the banks/wall street/prop. firms will get exemptions. Who will then be left to tax? Retail traders. But these traders will be forced out of business if this passes, so where will they get the revenue from with this tax??? They won't be able to get $1 billion a year from this, let alone $150 billion.
The only way this thing would generate the type of revenue they expect would be to offer no exemptions to anyone. But you know that will never happen, so again, where would the revenue from this tax come from???