Tell Congress to Block the Trader Tax

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  1. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 6:23 PM    link DALE T. | Schriever, LA

  2. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 6:13 PM    link Gordon R. | Houston, TX

    Isn't this just one more example of taxing the middle class. My 401K was not supposed to be taxed until it is withdrawn. One more example of taxing the little guy.

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  4. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 6:12 PM    link Michelle K. | Riverview, FL

    This will put small active traders out of business and big institutions will just pass the extra cost onto mom and pop investor

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  6. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 6:10 PM    link Louise K. | Riverview, FL

    This will put small active traders out of business and big institutions will just pass the extra cost onto mom and pop investor

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  8. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 5:18 PM    link Name not displayed | Fremont, CA

  9. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 5:06 PM    link Clyde W. | Charlottesville, VA

  10. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 4:44 PM    link Name not displayed | Chichester, NY

    I'm a small trader and this would totally take my small income away.

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  12. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 4:39 PM    link Ronald S. | Scott City, KS

    I will be put out of business if this bill is passed. I will end up being a statistic in the unemployment numbers.

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  14. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 3:33 PM    link Name not displayed | Glenview, IL

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  16. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:57 PM    link roberto p. | Pewaukee, WI

  17. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:49 PM    link EUGENE H. | Bremerton, WA

    Does Congressman DeFazio believe that we normal citizens ONLY buy stocks that turn out to be WINNING positions? After losing 1/2 of the value of my meager IRA last year, this brilliant idea would have picked my pocket by more than $1500 more as I struggled to work my way back at least part way. Not just no, but HELL NO!

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  19. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:31 PM    link peter g. | Fallston, MD

    don't punish the average citizen

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  21. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:28 PM    link Marc M. | Encino, CA

  22. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:25 PM    link Alec B. | New York, NY

    The trader tax makes no sense and by reducing trading activity and thus lowering the profits of the brokerage industry would probably be revenue neutral to the government at best while destroying jobs and reducing the valuation of many securities by reducing their liquidity. If you want to punish Wall Street, why not increase the corporate tax rate on the banking industry and create a slush fund to protect against future meltdowns?

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  24. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:22 PM    link Richard N. | Minneapolis, MN

  25. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:18 PM    link JD . | Jupiter, FL

  26. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:13 PM    link christopher g. | West Palm Beach, FL

  27. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:13 PM    link Jason D. | Salt Lake City, UT

    I work as a tutor and supplement my income by occasionally trading. This tax would have decreased my profits over the last year by over 50%. If this bill is passed I will stop trading, the government will see a net tax decrease from loss of capital gains, and my retirement will be jeopardized.

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  29. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:11 PM    link Daniel T. | Fort Worth, TX

    The large Wall Street Companies who got us into this mess have been rewarded and now you want to punish me, the small trader, for their sins? This is absurd and needs to be voted down!

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  31. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:10 PM    link Jeffrey P. | Ashburn, VA

  32. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:09 PM    link Name not displayed | Delray Beach, FL

  33. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:08 PM    link Carol E. | Redondo Beach, CA

  34. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:07 PM    link Name not displayed | Anaheim, CA

    This will add a huge, and possibly prohibitive, tax to all those individuals who trade as their primary business. They are the ones who will be hurt by this.

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  36. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:04 PM    link John K. | Midway, AL

  37. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 2:03 PM    link Name not displayed | Hoboken, NJ

  38. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 1:57 PM    link Name not displayed | Tucson, AZ

  39. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 1:56 PM    link Name not displayed | Topsham, ME

  40. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 1:55 PM    link Name not displayed | Livingston, NJ

    When will all this wreckless taxation cease?

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  42. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 1:38 PM    link Name not displayed | Green Valley, AZ

    There are millions of active American stock traders who will be incented to take their money elsewhere by this legislation. The reduced volume on American stock exchanges will increase pricing volatility, which is the exact opposite consequence of what you say you wish to prevent. What is your real agenda? To send more money to Goldman Sachs?

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  44. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 1:31 PM    link Name not displayed | Foxboro, MA

  45. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 1:30 PM    link dean c. | Salem, OR

  46. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 12:32 PM    link Name not displayed | Milwaukee, WI

  47. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 10:41 AM    link Name not displayed | Barneveld, WI

  48. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 5:38 AM    link Robert M. | El Dorado Hills, CA

  49. Tue., Sep. 22, 2009 12:21 AM    link Robbyn M. | Bremerton, WA

  50. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 11:45 PM    link Ronald S. | Northbrook, IL

  51. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 10:40 PM    link Richard S. | Renton, WA

    please vote this down!

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  53. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 9:48 PM    link David B. | Chester, VA

  54. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 9:23 PM    link Name not displayed | Bloomington, IN

  55. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 7:53 PM    link Stephen R. | Morgan Hill, CA

    As a business owner i strongly protest. My earnings fund my family and my childrens college. We are not part of the wall street mess. Please don't collapse our operating margins!

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  57. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 7:51 PM    link Stephen R. | Morgan Hill, CA

    As a business owner i strongly protest.

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  59. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 7:01 PM    link Name not displayed | Antioch, IL

  60. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 2:33 PM    link Name not displayed | Pensacola, FL

  61. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 2:01 PM    link Name not displayed | Vacaville, CA

  62. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:57 PM    link Chuck O. | Sherman Oaks, CA

    This proposal is misguided at best. It would hurt the entire financial community instead of the few (2%) that caused all of the damage. Go after the criminals if you must, but a blanket punishment is not the way to solve the problem.

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  64. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:34 PM    link Marcos D. | Mashpee, MA

    Enough taxation on the small investor. we didn't cause the meltdown, but this bill will make us pay for it.

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  66. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:33 PM    link Michael F. | Rutherford, NJ

  67. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:33 PM    link Kevin S. | Beaumont, TX

    Please oppose this bill, it stands to dramatically hurt the smaller, retail traders, damage the potential for an economic recovery, and disencentivize investment in America. If Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs pays extra fees that's one thing. But retail traders like me would be devastated by a "trader tax." Please consider this humble request for your support, and thank you for your time.

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  69. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:30 PM    link Eva R D. | Summerville, SC

  70. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:28 PM    link keith s. | Mahwah, NJ

  71. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:26 PM    link Name not displayed | Phoenix, AZ

  72. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:22 PM    link Patrick C. | Fleetwood, NC

    HR1068 will kill financial markets and the economy. I am economist and Futures trader. All revenue will simply leave the USA and traders will go to other countries.

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  74. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:20 PM    link Ryan C. | Chicago, IL

  75. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:20 PM    link Name not displayed | Clifton, NJ

  76. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:19 PM    link Ron C. | Leawood, KS

  77. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:18 PM    link William C. | Mount Pleasant, SC

  78. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:18 PM    link randy l. | Mandeville, LA

  79. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:18 PM    link Cayla A. | Centralia, MO

  80. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:18 PM    link Name not displayed | Spring Hill, FL

    Down with the gluttonous politicians. Resign or else.

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  82. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:18 PM    link Name not displayed | Broomfield, CO

  83. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:17 PM    link Hugh J. | Chicago, IL

  84. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 1:17 PM    link Daniel V. | Franklin Park, NJ

  85. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 12:23 AM    link James B. | Custer, SD

  86. Mon., Sep. 21, 2009 12:22 AM    link James B. | Chanute, KS

  87. Sun., Sep. 20, 2009 11:38 PM    link Rowena L. | Indianapolis, IN

  88. Sun., Sep. 20, 2009 7:59 AM    link Ed P. | Sharon, CT

    Let's tax the politicians

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  90. Fri., Sep. 18, 2009 10:37 PM    link Janet C. | Savannah, GA

    This bill will destroy so many people. We are trying to recouperate here not to have you to kick our last leg out from under us. As with most of the times in history these taxes don't work.

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  92. Fri., Sep. 18, 2009 6:04 PM    link Name not displayed | North Hollywood, CA

  93. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 6:24 PM    link Angela S. | Minneapolis, MN

  94. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 4:47 PM    link Thomas F. | Memphis, TN

  95. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 4:35 PM    link Name not displayed | Germantown, TN

  96. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 3:47 PM    link James V. | Atlanta, GA

  97. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 2:29 PM    link Paul S. | Toledo, WA

    I am sick of congress using any excuse it can to raise taxes or make a new tax. They like to target individual groups and make them the bad guys to gain support from the rest of the public and then tax them.

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  99. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 2:27 PM    link Paul S. | Toledo, WA

    I am sick of congress using any excuse it can to raise taxes or make a new tax. They like to target individual groups and make them the bad guys to gain support from the rest of the public and then tax them.

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  101. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 2:16 PM    link Joel S. | Castle Rock, WA

  102. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 1:18 PM    link John G. | Fort Myers, FL

    This is the way Congress's liberals try to convince voters that they weren't really responsible for bringing on the mortgage crisis with their programs to push lenders into financing high-risk sub-prime loans.

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  104. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 12:43 PM    link Name not displayed | Bellevue, WA

    No more tax's period.

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  106. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 12:07 PM    link Jim R. | Pacific Palisades, CA

    Ridiculous proposition.

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  108. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 10:48 AM    link John F. | Charlottesville, VA

  109. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 9:41 AM    link Jeanne N. | Medina, OH

    this is rediculous

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  111. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 9:06 AM    link Name not displayed | Cherry Hill, NJ

  112. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 8:18 AM    link Robert M. | Clearwater, FL

    This bill is a knee-jerk reaction without a lot of thought and seems mostly political to me. If passed, this bill would not only harm the average American who relies on stocks for his retirement, but also large businesses who need the volume of stock trading in order to raise cash. No one would be helped by this.

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  114. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 1:52 AM    link Name not displayed | Stony Brook, NY

    I am very strongly opposed to this tax.
    It is RIDiCULOUS to tax anyone and everyone
    who trades in order to make "Wall Street" pay for this mess... if this tax is approved, the little guy and gal will once again bear the burden and be unfairly taxed. How about going after Enron and the likes instead? How about taxing and fining the people who actually caused this and other messes?

    How about taxing Congress for being idiots and lets also take away their health care permanently. I think this is a much better idea !!

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  116. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 1:39 AM    link Name not displayed | Stony Brook, NY

    I am very strongly opposed to this tax.
    It is RIDUCULOUS to tax anyone and everyon
    who trades in order to make Wall Street pay
    for this mess... if this tax is approved, the little guy and gal will once again bear the burden and be unfairly taxed. How about going after Enron and the likes instead? How about taxing and fining the people who actually caused this and other messes?

    How about taxing Congress for being idiots and lets also take away their health care permanently. I think this is a much better idea !!

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  118. Thu., Sep. 17, 2009 1:26 AM    link Walt D. | Huntington, NY

  119. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 11:12 PM    link Name not displayed | Rockwall, TX

    tax the traders? we already pay taxes on our gains. everybody is already paying for the greed of a few elite. we didnt cause the problem and should not be singled out to pay any more than anybody else. The big institutions are controling everthing already if that isnt enough

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  121. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 10:31 PM    link Christopher R. | Dumfries, VA

  122. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 8:51 PM    link Greg J. | Jamaica Plain, MA

  123. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 8:24 PM    link Richard L. | Phoenix, AZ

  124. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 7:48 PM    link Jeff C. | Las Vegas, NV

    This tax will not only hurt traders, it will dry up liquidity on all financial markets, causing MORE unemployment. Why tax the traders? They aren't the ones that caused the housing mess. After a week of this tax, most will go out of business, more unemployment, THEN after they leave, there will be no tax revenues when the traders stop trading. So you cause unemployment, AND won't collect tax anyways as traders leave.

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  126. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 7:48 PM    link Name not displayed | Boulder, CO

    Why can't you guys just make everything fair and just charge a 4% internet tax...or a consumption tax for all goods bought on the internet. It's that simple.
    How can you guys support someone that is so anti-Wall Street...

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  128. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 7:38 PM    link Jeff F. | Arlington, TX

    Enough is enough- small business growth is Americas growth- when will they learn that by reducing taxes will actually INCREASE revenues by encouraging business hiring and expansion- how can we compete with other countries when our corporations are taxed at 35%+ and foreign business taxed at 12-15%- when will our so-called leaders understand this?

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  130. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 7:26 PM    link Peter M. | New York, NY

  131. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 6:44 PM    link Name not displayed | Southborough, MA

  132. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 6:32 PM    link Roland C. | Potomac, MD

    Tax, tax, tax, tax.... when will it EVER END? As you are aware, everyone should have a "budget" - we do - EXCEPT FOR CONGRESS!! I will be HAPPY WHEN I DIE, as I can get away from this illogical thinking of spend, spend, spend, spend, spend, spend, .... just to get re-elected. WHAT A DISGRACE our country has fallen into.

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  134. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 6:05 PM    link William C. | Clearwater, FL

    We are traders in securities. We would most likely be put out of business by this tax. Who would THAT help?

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  136. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 6:05 PM    link Name not displayed | Portland, OR

    A trader tax is unethical, unconstitutional and puts an unfair burden on the trading public. As it stands we pay regular income tax on any profits we make. Isn't this enough?

    We didn't cause this mess and we shouldn't pay for it.

    Trading puts liquidity into the market. A very high % of traders are small potatoes yet do a high volume of trades. On a 50K account traded several hundreds times throughout the year, this transaction tax would wipe out all the equity!! What is fair about that?

    People will stop trading and tax revenue will suffer while giving an unfair advantage to the likes of GS. We already bailed them out once now we have to do it again?

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  138. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 2:25 PM    link Mike C. | Louisville, KY

  139. Wed., Sep. 16, 2009 1:25 PM    link John N. | Cincinnati, OH

    This transaction tax will only serve to increase investment costs and decrease returns. I am sure that the volume of transactions would decrease significantly and that tax revenues collected from Schedule D transactions would also decrease. This tax could result in an overall reduction of taxes into the Treasury.

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