Like the Politico article last week, this article is full of mistakes and/or sloppy reporting. We all saw Turbo's interview, and he clearly...
Very good to hear! I've already written my rep asking her to consider supporting the letter referenced in this article. Hopefully she reads it and...
Disappointing to see Marketplace run a trans tax story without any sort of counter argument -- lots of people listen to this show, too:...
Expect to hear from more politicians when the senate version of this bill is introduced next week.
A decent new article with some good counter-arguments:...
bank bailout as in left-over TARP funds you think?
They made a big deal about including some sort of wording about preventing US citizens from avoiding the tax by trading on non-US exchanges -- I...
The official bill with 25 co-sponsors: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.4191:
Geithner is for the fee and against the tax plain and simple . . . don't be a victim to shoddy reporting.
There's been a lot of mixed signals the past couple days, but it's fairly obvious this has to do more with shoddy reporting than anything else....
great, thanks
Agree 100%
I think it was introduced today and will be available on sites like Thomas and Govtrack two or three days from now. In the meantime, it looks like...
Response from SIFMA: http://www.sifma.org/news/news.aspx?id=14498 Washington, DC, December 3, 2009âThe Securities Industry and Financial...
Not much from Obama's Jobs Summit speech, but he did say that he'll be addressing the various proposals he gets early next week, and his...
jobs summit live on msnbc right now if anyone is interested -- obama speaking now -- so far, Biden as said this: "The govt capacity to create...
It would be assessed on the total value of the transaction (more contracts per transaction = more tax).
From the article: "The measure would be based on legislation DeFazio proposed in the House that would apply a 0.25 percent tax to stock...
It looks like this article has been updated with some important info -- suggest everyone re-read it. Some new key points:...
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today she sees a âgreat deal of meritâ in imposing a tax on large stock transactions as long as other major...
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