For this tax to pass the Senate, they would need more that a simple majority. It would require 68 votes in the Senate for passage!!!
Frankly, I'd like to see a 2% tax, drive all the black boxes and you 3 cent scalpers out of the game, and then we can repeal the tax and have some fun again.
Your simply talking about the number of votes required in an attempt to delay or kill legislation from being voted on. Again, if the Senate were to take up a full vote on making this piece of legislation law, it would require 68 yes votes for it to happen! I come from a political background, and obviously know what I'm talking about, unlike yourself!!!
I just read the comments from Bob Herbert Article. http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2009/01/13/opinion/13herbert.html?s=3 ____________________________________________________ Their are 347 comments and read as: "Thank you for suggesting a tax on our money-changers." "Of course, the privileged economic-elite who will decry this measure as 'anti-growth', as 'anti-capitalism' - but as they have already proven themselves incapable of brokering honestly under the old system ... their protestations should be dismissed. " "This sounds like a lovely idea. The people who pushed us into this mess should be restrained. If the fee could do that so much the better." ____________________________________________________ FRIENDS I AM TELLING YOU THESE PROPOSALS CAN BE FAST TRACKED THROUGH A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WITHOUT ANYONE KNOWING. SHAPIRO WILL COMBINE THE CFTC AND SEC THAT'S WHEN THIS TAX WILL PROBABLY BECOME LAW. DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO STOP THIS GRIEVOUS TAX. TAKE ACTION.
so you want to be down 4 percent if you have to buy and sell something? lol you are a fucking genius.
Take it seriously. This is the first time DEMS have had a monopoly control over government since 1994. Get on every Congressman you can to kill this bill. We know The Central Element of Politics is Power. Make your opposition heard. Inauguration is weeks away. From 1992 to 1994 Clinton signed taxes on education paid by for by your employer. Taxes are what Democrats get paid to do, it's there job .