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

[TraDaToR]

http://www.gfsnews.com/article/1697/1/Public_will_pay_for_FTT__say_EU_groups

 

[MrPowerBallad]

Quote from listedguru:

Also this so called "Peoples Budget" was recently voted down with 108 dems voting against it in the house:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x899976

-Guru

The man himself, DeFazio, is part of this caucus and didn't even bother voting for it.

 

[andohmeeta]

British Bankers' Association comments to European Commission Consultation on Financial Sector Taxation:

http://www.bba.org.uk/download/6716

Union DEMANDS :- http://www.emf-fem.org/Areas-of-work/Industrial-Policy/Activities/FST (Click on EMF response....)

Japanese Bankers' Association:-
http://www.ifcforum.org/news/news.php?id=1012

http://www.managedfunds.org/Default.asp
(Click on Comment letter)

Business Europe:-
http://www.businesseurope.eu/content/default.asp?PageID=568&DocID=28559

 

[rc8222]

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper easily winning re-election, as his Conservatives seize a majority Gov't. This is great news for us on the global FTT front, as Harper is adamantly against this tax.



http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...LsGXRnoQ-kTLqRVmQ&sig2=Ohp7npXqaXUs8p7cA5wrDA


http://www.google.com/url?url=http:...harper&usg=AFQjCNGflFywb8BBeA-x4nESywG8BWA1nQ

 

[andohmeeta]

Quote from rc8222:

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper easily winning re-election, as his Conservatives seize a majority Gov't. This is great news for us on the global FTT front, as Harper is adamantly against this tax.



Four years uninterrupted majority government. Perfect.

 

[stopnlimits]

Quote from rc8222:

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper easily winning re-election, as his Conservatives seize a majority Gov't. This is great news for us on the global FTT front, as Harper is adamantly against this tax.

Great news. I'd hate to see this tax written into law.

 

[seasideheights]

"put a tax on speculators."

"take on the speculators"

give the video a thumbs DOWN on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5R7OI9Z4gM

 

[andy9775]

Finland will push for a European Union-wide financial transaction tax if it cannot secure a global agreement, the prime minister-designate said on Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/11/finland-financialtransactiontax-idUSLDE74A2E320110511

 

[Explorer]

Some good (and not altogether surprising) news out of Germany:

[...]Alluding to the government’s mid-term plans, which provide for the introduction of a financial transactions tax in Germany from 2012, expected to yield EUR2bn in annual revenues for the state, Merkel underscored the difficulty in achieving a consensus on the levy at international level. Merkel therefore conceded that a replacement for the tax may need to be found[...]

http://www.tax-news.com/news/Merkel_Dashes_Hopes_Of_German_Tax_Cuts____49290.html

 

[Explorer]

[...]Schaeuble also said that he will ask Germany's cabinet to no longer count on revenue from a planned financial transaction tax of around EUR2 billion a year from 2012 on. Germany still wants to convince the European Union to establish such a tax, but due to a prudent budget policy won't count on this to happen soon[...]

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110512-714336.html