It doesn't really matter if madam cunt Pelosi wants it in the bill or not. It will never make it into any final bill, due to a lack of support,...
After the 2010 elections, the Republicans will have gained more than enough clout to kill off any bill that proposes a transaction tax. We would...
Also, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer -NY will not support this. He is also up for re-election in 2010, so you know he'll help kill this bill.
Defazio has a butt buddy in the Senate - Harkin, who is proposing a separate transaction tax bill in the Senate that is similar to Defazios. I...
Pelosi has now ruled out trader tax to offset the cost of a job-creation package....
Obama is talking right now with a summary of the job summit. He said that he only sat in on two of the meetings throughout the day, and was not...
Just a reminder, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will be interviewed by Liz Clayman at 5pm on the Fox Business Channel.
Democrat Senator Carl Levin of Michigan has said he doubts a second stimulus would work, but would support using TARP money to fund any jobs bill....
If this is in the hands of the House and Senate, we should be all right, as it has no chance in the Senate. IMO, and as I've stated before, this...
I don't believe that Obama likes Defazio very much. I recall reading a story about seven or eight months ago in which Defazio made a critical...
I'll be applying for Canadian citizenship tomorrow.
I wonder if this tax would be 0.02% for the entire round trip transaction, or per side? Per side would be suicidal.
As for the 0.02% tax on derivatives, as long as this was per transaction, and not based on the number of contracts in that transaction, then I...
That whole 100k theory is laughable. If I wanted to trade one 30 year bond contract, is has a value of 100k. So, after I make that one trade with...
My only guess would be that the financial sector/Wall Street has been assured by the White House that this transaction tax idea is not going...
Of course 99% of these are leftist, liberal groups.
I watched this entire interview, and nothing was brought up about a transaction tax.
The only choice Democrats have to get this jobs bill passed right away is if they pay for it with TARP funds. If they try placing a transaction...
Actually, Geithner is scheduled to be at the summit. This was reported on Fox Business News earlier in the day.
That's a horribly stupid idea!!!
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