G20 communique is out from this weekend and with all the protesters there. nothing of the sort was mentioned :)
Both excellent articles Billy, we see that true common sense prevails in upper government , not having the views of the radical lower level...
Thanks for the source Billy Thunder, thats what I was alluding too. Was to lazy to get the source, but read it a ton this past week or so. They do...
France has had a law on the books for a while for a true tobin tax the currency transaction tax, as does Belgium I beleive. They are on the books...
Yes UK has a stamp tax, but there are legal ways around it thru reglauted spread accounts on stock, futures and FX it trades the same but avoids...
Not smart, I assume the are small not doing well and are trying to get in the news and drum up some business
Sorry here is the link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32578551
This is interesting, Ethical Currency Broker? Is that an Oxymoron:) This was from cnbc world, a broker that automatically adopts the currencey...
I agree with you guys, fight hard. Be proactive, but need not worry becuase its only the ultra libs and tree huggers who want this ,for different...
The media hyoed it more then it says, Turner then backed off as did the high government of UK as well. The hippies for the tax are holding onto...
Its got all the hype right now because we are near one of these meetings and the people are trying to get it talked about there!
Yes I agree, we know at every g-20 , g-8 , imf or wto meeting there is always protestors for this tax they call them hippies:) So we also know...
The protestors will be there but lets see if any countries bring it up, so far stuff coming out of it has been about the exit strategies and caps...
One thing to watch for is if any statement comes out of the g-20 meeting about this thing, so far nothing.
Good read from begining of this year. http://tuckerreport.com/2009/02/19/should-traders-be-worried-about-hr-1068-transaction-tax/
We will know next week when Obama addresses the nation on his healthcare bill, if this tax will be a part of it to pay for it. If not then check...
Well so far this bill , other then its sponsers has no friends on the Hill, its been sitting on the hill in its referred status since Feb 2009....
Good point Guru, if you read how the they look at bills referred to committee , you will see they have not acted on this or looked at it in 8...
And even though todays article made a big deal of the Brit who said it was a good idea, the decision making part of his own goverment doesnt want...
Yes sir that would be nice!
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