It does mention in the article that the European Parliament voted to exclude pensions from ftt. I guess we'll see where this goes but I'm...
Exactly. If this 'new' enhanced cooperation ftt proposal contains any hint of extraterritorial reach then the UK and others would be very stupid...
If Obama were on board with the ftt he would have passed it when he had the super majority in the house and Senate. I believe Obama briefly...
Let's remember that any sort of ftt would have to be initiated in the House via the Ways and Means Committee. There is no way that Obama can just...
I just don't see how it's possible to impose taxation upon American's through the UN via use of a treaty. I'm not saying Obama wouldn't like to do...
I'm going to call bs on this. There is no way Obama can allow the UN to tax American's directly through the use of treaty. I don't see how it's...
I was thinking the same thing. Surely a finance minister knows the difference between the ftt and a fat tax? At least I hope so. He should know...
Financial transaction tax gains approval: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5a49c1c-1219-11e2-bbfd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz28pXo1Lld "The deal will...
11 eurozone states ready to launch FTT: EU Tax Commissioner...
So I'm guessing there's some serious pressure being put on Spain and Italy here behind the scenes. Most of these 8 countries that have signed on...
âOur plan is to implement it in Europe and the major financial centres like New York." Yeah good luck with that. -Guru
Wow and this from a self described lifelong Republican. What a joke. These people are are clueless. Scary to think she was head of the FDIC. -Guru
Reuters) - Germany and France will present to the European Commission on Friday joint proposals for a financial transactions tax involving at...
"Steffen played down a report, in which the tax stand on the brink of. The Handelsblatt wrote that Italy and Spain blocked the plans. "They can...
Yes it's called the Inclusive Prosperity Act. http://maryknollogc.org/alerts/ask-your-rep-cosponsor-%E2%80%9Cinclusive-prosperity-act%E2%80%9D
It will be interesting to see how many co-sponsors attach their names to this piece of garbage legislation. But wait, it'll raise hundreds or...
This is news to me. I think it's just bad reporting (wishful thinking) by an ultra liberal newspaper. -Guru
This is an interesting nugget: "Transactions may be netted before they are taxed, meaning a firm that ends the day flat would pay no duty. But...
I've recently said that it could happen at the EZ level maybe with a hodge podge of coalition of the willing countries. By the end of this year? I...
Hmmm. That seems very ambitious to me. Call me skeptical but I just don't see it happening at the end of this year. I'm still not convinced that...
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