I don't believe you should rethink your approach. It doesn't help our cause to be rude with the other side. Crass posts (even if what they say is...
Buffett is a huge hypocrite. He is all for supporting anything that works for his interests and now that the government is proposing something...
Baker never shuts up, although he's now lowered his figure to $100B: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31676.html
Not sure if this was posted before. There is now a House bill for a 50% tax on bonuses of TARP recipients: ww.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4426/show
That seems reasonable. It doesn't make sense for him to oppose a bank tax and support the FTT. Thanks for posting the links.
You are correct about 4191. However, 2927 does tax non-governmental debt: maturities of less than 1 year at 0.02% and above this at 0.25%....
Do you have a source where he states his opposition to it or is this an assumption based on his overall platform and/or history?
It's still at 3. I'm working on compiling a list of supporters in the Senate who are not sponsors. If anyone has information, please PM me.
The new cosponsor is Peter Visclosky (D-IN1). My count of the current number of supporters is 42.
This LA Times "article" is nonsense. They're just trying to put a spin on a bunch of random links by giving it a provocative title.
It may matter less now but I thought I would highlight some things about S. 2927: 1. The tax rate on futures is 0.25%, not 0.02% as in H.R....
A transactions tax is "intellectually honest". http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/14/AR2010011404620.html
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-budget/75427-the-big-question-will-a-new-bank-fee-help Question posed in the blog: Will a new...
We aren't part of Wall Street; we're part of Main Street. Wall Street doesn't look out for us. If the public wants its pound of flesh, then feed...
I havenât heard anything from the Obama camp other than comments by anonymous officials and a press secretary who canât give a straight...
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point. Let me explain mine again. 1. 3617 has already passed the House. Rangel is a co-sponsor. 2. The text of...
There's a problem: Part of the "proceeds" of H.R. 4191 are earmarked for the Surface Transportation Authorization Act (H.R. 3617), which has...
I found a list: http://www.aggdata.com/political/us-representatives.
So far my spreadsheet for 4191 has 36 Representatives for and 4 against.
I'm compiling a spreadsheet of the members of Congress and their positions on the tax bills. I would appreciate it if anyone could PM me if they...
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