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  1. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:32 PM    link Name not displayed | New York, NY

  2. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:32 PM    link Name not displayed | Chicago, IL

  3. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:30 PM    link Name not displayed | Houston, TX

  4. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:29 PM    link Manon B. | Corte Madera, CA

    I do not work on wall street. I do trade on Wallstreet. This will tax me, and not tax the folks who caused this problem!!!

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  6. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:28 PM    link William A. | Lake Worth, FL

    Do not let this Bill pass...it will put a small trader like me out of business for good!!! It's hard enough trying to make a living via trading...and if this passes, I will never be able the turn a profit.

    Also, Make sure HR 676 Does not pass as well...as they are trying to sneak in another Trader's Tax by hiding it deep in this health Bill.

    DO NOT LET either HR 1068 or HR 676 PASS!!!!!!!

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  8. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:26 PM    link steven z. | Boca Raton, FL

  9. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:26 PM    link Michael B. | Mineral Point, WI

  10. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:25 PM    link Elizabeth S. | Scottsdale, AZ

  11. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:25 PM    link Name not displayed | Arlington Heights, IL

  12. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:24 PM    link alex k. | Somerville, MA

  13. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:23 PM    link Name not displayed | Hialeah, FL

  14. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:22 PM    link Name not displayed | Reno, NV

  15. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:19 PM    link joe b. | Fresh Meadows, NY

  16. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:19 PM    link Charles W. | Howell, MI

  17. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:18 PM    link loyce b. | Houston, TX

    I very much oppose the "Traders' Tax Bill" for the following reason: "...anyone who invests their money will be on the hook for the EXCESSES of Wall Street...." Before TARP, I've already paid BIG TIME for Wall Street excesses. Why should I pay even MORE for their(TARP) excesses!!!??????

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  19. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:17 PM    link Merrilee L. | Battle Ground, WA

    I do small amounts of option trading to suppliment my small income. I did not help create the Wallstreet crisis of today. I already pay taxes on my profits, and if I had to pay even more taxes on my profits AND pay a tax on my losses! My government would be hurting me big time. The tax reduction I am suppose to receive because I'm low income would become a joke. The government gives with one hand and if you are trying to create some income with trading it takes all your hard work away with the other hand. I am against this bill and think it would create many unintented consequences for us.

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  21. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:17 PM    link Armend M. | Saint Petersburg, FL

  22. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:17 PM    link Scott H. | Reno, NV

  23. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:16 PM    link robert c. | keizer, OR

  24. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:16 PM    link jody e. | Teaneck, NJ

  25. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:16 PM    link Michael D. | Chicago, IL

  26. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:16 PM    link Name not displayed | Davidson, NC

    This is just taking the small traders out of the trading industry even more.

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  28. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:16 PM    link dean c. | Beverly Hills, CA

  29. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:16 PM    link Name not displayed | Fort Worth, TX

  30. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:14 PM    link Ken H. | Saint Louis, MO

  31. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:13 PM    link Name not displayed | San Francisco, CA

    Yeah let's tax everyone for the mistakes of a few. How about we increase the taxes for the politicians who claimed that everyone should own a home, for the rating agencies that dropped the ball, and the exeutives that worked at these bailout banks who have sinced retired to their multi-million dollar retirements.

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  33. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:13 PM    link JEFF Y. | Cicero, NY

  34. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:12 PM    link S . | Vincennes, IN

  35. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:12 PM    link David L. | Diamondhead, MS

  36. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:11 PM    link Name not displayed | Springfield, MA

  37. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:11 PM    link Richard H. | Telluride, CO

  38. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:11 PM    link Name not displayed | Campbell, CA

  39. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:11 PM    link David M. | Sunny Isles Beach, FL

  40. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:11 PM    link Scott S. | Spring, TX

    Where's the country going? Government should be 5% of what it is now. America the Taxed doesn't make for a good national anthem.

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  42. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:10 PM    link Veeken C. | Forest Hills, NY

    Thanks Mr. Deporre.

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  44. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:10 PM    link John R. | Huntingdon Valley, PA

  45. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:09 PM    link marc r. | Los Angeles, CA

  46. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:07 PM    link Name not displayed | New York, NY

    VOTE NO on HR 1068

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  48. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:06 PM    link Name not displayed | Syosset, NY

  49. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:06 PM    link Kevin P. | Dallas, TX

    Mr. President, members of Congress, the stock market is not just another "opinion poll" to be trumpeted and disregarded at will. It represents real money and real suffering of the American people when it declines to the extent it does.

    When you attack "Wall Street", you attack your own citizenry. Remember this. We shall certainly do so in 19 months.

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  51. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:06 PM    link Name not displayed | Belvedere Tiburon, CA

    i vote no on h r 1068

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  53. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:05 PM    link Namdev L. | Miami, FL

  54. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:05 PM    link bruce s. | Stony Brook, NY

  55. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:05 PM    link Name not displayed | Miami, FL

  56. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:04 PM    link scott s. | Syosset, NY

  57. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:04 PM    link Chris G. | Ruston, LA

  58. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:04 PM    link Duncan T. | New York, NY

  59. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:04 PM    link David R. | Miami Beach, FL

  60. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:03 PM    link Clint S. | San Francisco, CA

  61. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:02 PM    link Name not displayed | Miami, FL

  62. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:02 PM    link scott c. | Los Angeles, CA

    Congressman DeFazio, I just saw your interview on CNBC. What you are doing is taxing main street to pay for wall street, the very thing that you are against. Who do you think this tax is going to hurt the most? The main street investors.

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  64. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 3:01 PM    link Name not displayed | Melville, NY

  65. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:59 PM    link Robert E. | Lakeland, FL

  66. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:59 PM    link Doug G. | Longmont, CO

  67. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:58 PM    link Name not displayed | Germantown, MD

    The tax law for trading options, 1256s, and the like are already complicated. Furthermore, how much is fair? We are already paying 40% for some trades, 60% for others. 28%-36% on ST capital gains, and 20% long term.
    Additionally, people are working 3 out of every 10 days to pay the taxes on current income. When is enough enough?
    It is me or is congress the most effective institution on the planet for destroying wealth (personal or national)?
    PLEASE NO MORE TAX!! Leave us alone!

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  69. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:58 PM    link Name not displayed | Reno, NV

  70. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:58 PM    link Name not displayed | Fieldsboro, NJ

  71. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:57 PM    link Dale Benincasa B. | Houston, TX

  72. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:55 PM    link Shane W. | Ruston, LA

    I day trade stocks on a daily basis to provide a supplemental income (approx. 15%)for my family. This tax would eliminate my ability to make the many transactions that I make on a daily basis cost effectively and I would have to cease day trading completely. Thus reducing my income by approximately 15%. This is certainly not taking America in the right direction.

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  74. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:54 PM    link Name not displayed | Berwyn, PA

    This tax would penalize small traders more than the Wall Street fat cats. A lot of people I know who have lost their jobs are trading to help pay the bills, and they need to keep every penny they struggle to earn in the market. Take away Wall Street executives' bonuses--don't take away the little guy's living!

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  76. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:54 PM    link Boris R. | Sunny Isles Beach, FL

  77. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:53 PM    link Name not displayed | Bronx, NY

    This is insanity.....why dont you go get some money from halliburton and leave us alone.

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  79. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:53 PM    link Name not displayed | Painesville, OH

  80. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:52 PM    link Darryl B. | Sweet Grass, MT

    This tax would simply be passed down to small investors and reduce access to markets.....Kicking investors while they're down. Very bad idea.

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  82. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:51 PM    link Name not displayed | Princeton, NJ

  83. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:49 PM    link Angel S. | Miami, FL

  84. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:49 PM    link Kenneth Y. | Daly City, CA

    First you make us invest in the stock market for our retirement with the passing of the ERISA laws and now you want to tax us for the actual transactions. Why don't we have a mandatory Macro and Micro college level economic class for Congress so they can understand the damage they inflict.

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  86. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:48 PM    link Ramesh S. | Aurora, IL

  87. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:48 PM    link Darald L. | Weare, NH

  88. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:47 PM    link Name not displayed | Pebble Beach, CA

    Get a clue. Have a junior staffer look into the unintended consequences of moving order flow overseas to overseas exchanges, or even better, OTC Derivatives which are unregulated and non-transparent. You have got to be kidding.

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  90. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:47 PM    link Name not displayed | Akron, OH

  91. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:47 PM    link MARK Z. | Miami, FL

    I AM AGAINST THIS BILL

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  93. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:46 PM    link Name not displayed | Orlando, FL

  94. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:45 PM    link Michael C. | Chicago, IL

  95. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:45 PM    link RONALD C. | Camarillo, CA

  96. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:45 PM    link Name not displayed | Incline Village, NV

    While you are at it. See if the highspeed train from CA to NV crosses over any real estate that Reid or any of his ilk has ownership stakes in. Or, that their campaign supporters may have interests in.

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  98. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:45 PM    link Michael N. | Dubach, LA

  99. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:44 PM    link Name not displayed | Keswick, VA

  100. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:43 PM    link Kent H. | Green Valley, AZ

    According to experts, this is a "traders market". This is not an investors market. It probably won't be for several years to come. This bill would only reduce liquidity in the US marketplace. Day traders would be forced to move their trading from US markets to overseas markets, or to not trade for a living at all. If you'd like more people on welfare pass this pig of a bill.

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  102. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:43 PM    link Name not displayed | Windermere, FL

  103. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:43 PM    link Name not displayed | Jackson, MI

    Please stop this one

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  105. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:42 PM    link Betty H. | Greensboro, NC

  106. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:41 PM    link Bruce W. | Broomfield, CO

    If they really want Wall Street to pay for the bailout, they would arrest bank and financial institutions CEOs, brokers who sold credit default swaps, mortgage backed securities and mortgages that could never be paid back and fine them a large sum. Instead they want to punish the innocent stock traders.

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  108. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:40 PM    link David C. | West Chester, PA

    no more taxes!!!

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  110. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:39 PM    link Gleason T. | Park Ridge, IL

  111. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:36 PM    link chris l. | Goodyear, AZ

  112. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:33 PM    link Steve F. | Lakeland, FL

  113. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:31 PM    link rick p. | Cooper City, FL

    i am against this bill, as i am a trader who supports a family and has no relation to wall street whatsoever....but then again, i dont think anyone gives a crap about the average joe anymore.

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  115. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:31 PM    link Robert B. | Houston, TX

  116. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:30 PM    link david r. | Miami, FL

  117. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:30 PM    link Name not displayed | Holly Springs, NC

  118. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:29 PM    link Audrey L. | Berkeley, CA

  119. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:29 PM    link Mark S. | College Station, TX

    I urge you to vote NO on H.R. 1068

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  121. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:29 PM    link Name not displayed | Fort Collins, CO

    Since Congress seems intent on singling-out a particular group for this tax, I have a counter proposal. Why doesn't Congress retroactively rescind their pay increases for the last 10 years (especially the one you snuck in this past December), and use that money to pay for the Wall Street issues? What's good for one, should be good for the other, right Congressman DeFazio?

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  123. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:29 PM    link Name not displayed | Tempe, AZ

  124. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:28 PM    link thomas R. | San Francisco, CA

  125. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:28 PM    link Name not displayed | Eagle, ID

  126. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:28 PM    link Jonathan R. | Poway, CA

  127. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:27 PM    link thomas R. | San Francisco, CA

  128. Wed., Mar. 4, 2009 2:27 PM    link John F. | Redwood City, CA

    I'm a small business futures trader. I had nothing to do with this financial debacle. If you actually review the facts (I recommend House of Cards show by CNBC), you'll note that this mess was started by some shady and greedy mortgage brokers in Orange County. Now, its not my fault that for one our government did not have enforcement or legislative policies in place to detect this kind of free willing lending abuse that caused the housing bubble and subsequent financial hardship on banks who wrongly partnered with said mortgage brokers. And why are we bailing out these companies in the first place?! Let the market do its thing - we need to flush out the bond holders of these companies! They don't deserve to be rescued/propped up/given welfare from us. That is inherent risk in holding bonds in companies - big yield, but company may go bust. Yet we don't allow them to go bust. So in long run, government is just interfering with market mechanisms and not allowing wipe outs to occur. Not all will be wiped out, just those who were foolhardy. Please don't make another mistake upon already existing mistakes. Be fair, let us be free. Don't kill the small businesses within the investment/financial community.

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