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Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:36 PM link Name not displayed | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:36 PM link james b. | Oakland, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:34 PM link Name not displayed | Livingston, NJ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:34 PM link jonathan a. | Short Hills, NJ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:34 PM link Name not displayed | Briarcliff Manor, NY
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:34 PM link Ken D. | Baldwin Park, CA
This is a Joke, and this is nothing but criminals act. After looting the treasury, you are going after people earning.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:34 PM link jay l. | Durham, NC
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:33 PM link Michael W. | Los Angeles, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:33 PM link Naveen R. | Los Angeles, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:33 PM link Name not displayed | Woodstock, MD
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:33 PM link Peter S. | Tampa, FL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:33 PM link Name not displayed | La Canada Flintridge, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:33 PM link John C. | Rumson, NJ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:33 PM link Name not displayed | Atlanta, GA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:33 PM link Name not displayed | Tustin, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:32 PM link Name not displayed | Austin, TX
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:32 PM link Frank S. | Rocky Mount, NC
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:31 PM link Lindsey D. | Yakima, WA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:31 PM link Kevin D. | San Diego, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:31 PM link rick c. | Lady Lake, FL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:31 PM link Brendan O. | New York, NY
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:30 PM link Howard n. | Merrick, NY
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:30 PM link Rick H. | Hastings, MN
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:29 PM link Matthew W. | Philadelphia, PA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:29 PM link Denton H. | Cape Coral, FL
Taxing a little guy like me would really only hurt me. The $3,000 per year deduction for capitol losses I already get, is so small I will never use cover all my losses from years back. Now that I have gained expertise as a small investor, and use the market to earn a little extra money, the last thing small investors need is being taxed. We have suffered enough with poorly thoughtout regulations.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:29 PM link VINCENT F. | Minneapolis, MN
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:29 PM link Richard Y. | Westmont, IL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:27 PM link erik k. | Irwin, PA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:27 PM link John D S. | Castle Rock, CO
This transaction will hurt the small investor very much not to mention reducing the volume on ur exchanges to the extreme.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:27 PM link NATE S. | Pittsburgh, PA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:27 PM link Edward S. | Lawrenceville, GA
This is wrong; especially for the individual investor. This kind of activity is exactly how this administration intends to subsidize the “no increased taxes” for folks making less than 250k. The less than 250k segment of our population is the greater percent and therefore will produce the most revenue for their ongoing spending spree.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:26 PM link charles t. | Smithtown, NY
Transaction taxes are not painless and do not go undetected by the investing public and world investors. Congress, unfortunately is comprised of individuals who have no understanding of the competitiveness of global investing and will find out how much LESS taxes they will collect on Capital gains if they raise the latter tax as well as instilling a transaction tax. Money and transactions will just migrate to oversea exchanges..... Why don't they just cut spending and stop digging us into ever bigger deficits.....This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:26 PM link Charles W. | Clark, NJ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:26 PM link Allan W. | Parker, CO
I am an individual investor. I am not on Wall Street operating like Goldman Sachs. This tax would not be painless to me. Quit giving money to GM, Fannie Mae, and Citigroup if you want to make the people responsible for this mess pay for it. In fact, you should get some money from Barney Frank and Chris Dodd if you really want to go after the people who escalated the over leveraging.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:25 PM link MIchael M. | Tallmadge, OH
Please sign this petition AND donate to the opponent of DeFazio when the mid-terms come around. Also, donate to the opponents of Frank, Dodd, Reid, Schumer and Pelosi.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:25 PM link Name not displayed | Seattle, WA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:23 PM link Name not displayed | Beverly Hills, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:22 PM link Jay L. | Cedar Park, TX
I am just an average family man trying to invest now to fund my retirement since we all know that social security will be bankrupt when I am old anyway. This fiasco was caused by government and now you want to tax my investment transactions. I am neither greedy nor dishonest and I do not deserve to be punished by the government any more than I have already been. Misguided government policy over at least a decade allowed the finacial crisis to happen so blame yourselves, not me and Goldman Sachs!This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:22 PM link Emory F. | Buckeye, AZ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:22 PM link ray h. | Fort Pierce, FL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:21 PM link Jacob D. | New York, NY
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:21 PM link christian b. | Longboat Key, FL
What a great way to tax the working class! Let's hammer all the small IRA's and savings of the middle class. These MORONS in Congress must stop "helping" everyone before we lose all our capital market employees. Guess what, the unemployed don't pay taxes and the private sector trading transactions help build businesses and jobs.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:19 PM link Keith H. | Cave Creek, AZ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:19 PM link Name not displayed | Fenton, MI
Stop spending our money and we won't need any additional taxes!This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:18 PM link Name not displayed | Winchester, TN
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:17 PM link gary s. | New York, NY
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:17 PM link Derek R. | Orlando, FL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:16 PM link Werner S. | ,
If you want me to stop investing in the US, that's the way to do it! At the moment I hold and trade millions of $'s of US securities. Introduce a tax like that and I won't make another transaction. You will get exactly zero tax revenue from me with this and you will lose an overseas investor. Good luck...This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:16 PM link Jeff V. | Saint Charles, IL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:15 PM link Ryan G. | Landing, NJ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:15 PM link Dave P. | Chicago, IL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:15 PM link Timothy V. | Clarkston, MI
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:14 PM link Name not displayed | Longwood, FL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:14 PM link Andrew P. | Las Vegas, NV
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:14 PM link Kevin W. | Mountlake Terrace, WA
This would be an abhorrent tax on the retail investor and those of us who trade the financial markets on a full time basis...meaning this is how we make our living!!!This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:14 PM link William M. | Lake Jackson, TX
This bill is ridiculous. Our 401k's have already been damaged enough.....so now when the little guy tries to take control of the management of his own finances, the government wants to tax him for the transactions all while they give the people who engineered this crisis a $trillion of our money. Wow, what a country we live in!This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:13 PM link william s. | Garfield, NJ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:13 PM link Dwight S. | Chicago, IL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:13 PM link martin k. | La Quinta, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:12 PM link Name not displayed | New York, NY
As a small investor, any extra payment on transactions would hurt considerably. Inveting is risky enough as it is.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:11 PM link matthew v. | Denham Springs, LA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:09 PM link Tom H. | Barrington, IL
This hurts the small investor in every way,either through higher costs on their individual accounts or their 401k/Ira or RothThis comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:09 PM link Mary Ellen R. | Oceanside, CA
I thought this insanity had died a long time ago. Please don't even think about passing this ridiculous bill unless you are intent on killing New York as a major financial center. Hello! Security trading will move to London or some other financial center. There are plenty of countries that would love to kick us out of our position of prominence. Nobody should be allowed to run for office in this country without at least a year of college level economics education.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:08 PM link Name not displayed | Montclair, NJ
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:08 PM link ELIZABETH C. | Skokie, IL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:07 PM link Marc R. | Severna Park, MD
It's a total ******** idea that will the small investor/traderThis comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:07 PM link Richard G. | San Antonio, TX
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:06 PM link Kevin M. | Idaho Falls, ID
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:05 PM link Name not displayed | Irving, TX
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:05 PM link Peter C. | Pinole, CA
This tax is a vey bad ideaThis comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:05 PM link Frances P. | Atlantic Beach, NC
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:04 PM link Robert F. | Bonney Lake, WA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:04 PM link Thomas M. | Pittsburgh, PA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:04 PM link robert s. | Pensacola, FL
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:03 PM link Greg G. | San Francisco, CA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 2:02 PM link Robert F. | Bonney Lake, WA
Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 1:36 PM link doug c. | Boca Raton, FL
Thu., Nov. 5, 2009 11:41 PM link Name not displayed | San Diego, CA
Thu., Nov. 5, 2009 9:20 PM link anthony a. | Newport Beach, CA
Thu., Nov. 5, 2009 9:08 AM link Name not displayed | Alhambra, CA
Tue., Nov. 3, 2009 8:14 AM link Gayle T. | Sarasota, FL
Mon., Nov. 2, 2009 6:19 AM link Mark C. | Chicago, IL
Sun., Nov. 1, 2009 4:11 PM link David E. | Littleton, CO
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 11:52 PM link Yamuna G. | Saint Louis, MO
As a retail business owner, I have to "figure out" how to drive sales when the economy slows down. I am sick and tired of my Govt. looking at me (the taxpayer) as their ticket to increase their "sales" when they need to close a deficit. We don't exist to serve. Govt. exists to serve us. The overwhelming majority of retail traders would have "voted" to let AIG, GM, et. al., fail due to their own stupidity and incompetence, if we had been asked. Don't punish us for more stupidity on the part of Congress to bail them out. I didn't receive any bailout and I shouldn't have to pay for one. As a customer of BofA, I will already have to pay for BofA's bailout (yes Virginia, the funds to pay back bailout money have to come from someplace) no doubt in higher fees and higher interest rates wherever they can squeeze them in without anyone complaining. I agree strongly. This bill is killing small investors like us tryiny live on our feet without any govt. bailout money.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 9:38 PM link Todd F. | Yorktown, VA
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 9:00 PM link Name not displayed | Chattanooga, TN
I am a small trading business owner and depend on my trades to support my family. This legislation would force me to close my business. I will not be able to afford the tax and the effect of this proposed law will ruin the market liquidity that I depend on to trade efficiently.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 7:40 PM link Lawrence O. | Roswell, GA
I am a small trading business owner and depend on my trades to support my family. This legislation would force me to close my business. I will not be able to afford the tax and the effect of this proposed law will ruin the market liquidity that I depend on to trade efficiently.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 4:59 PM link Charles C. | Palmdale, CA
As a retail business owner, I have to "figure out" how to drive sales when the economy slows down. I am sick and tired of my Govt. looking at me (the taxpayer) as their ticket to increase their "sales" when they need to close a deficit. We don't exist to serve. Govt. exists to serve us. The overwhelming majority of retail traders would have "voted" to let AIG, GM, et. al., fail due to their own stupidity and incompetence, if we had been asked. Don't punish us for more stupidity on the part of Congress to bail them out. I didn't receive any bailout and I shouldn't have to pay for one. As a customer of BofA, I will already have to pay for BofA's bailout (yes Virginia, the funds to pay back bailout money have to come from someplace) no doubt in higher fees and higher interest rates wherever they can squeeze them in without anyone complaining.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 11:07 AM link Name not displayed | Columbia, MO
This will make it impossible for me to continue in my career, earning my own way through trading. It's taken me years to become profitable against the commissions and fees we traders already have to pay to the banks. Online trading is a gateway for the poor to actually figure out how to get rich, and figure out how to play their game the way they do- so of course, someone wants to close the gate. for shame. Taxes are for redistributing wealth throughout the society for the benefit of all, not for taking more money from the people that have none and prohibiting them from moving up in the world. Leave that to the banks.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 10:50 AM link Mary C. | Simi Valley, CA
Law of Unintended Consequences:Traders will go offshore.
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Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 2:40 AM link David M. | Occidental, CA
Thu., Oct. 29, 2009 12:28 PM link Rachel H. | Cerritos, CA
I am a small individual who has been learning how to trade for 3 years and am just now starting to make a small profit. Adding a tax to my trades is totally unfair. I didn't cause the financial crisses. Adding this tax, will drive people out of the markets and then see what happens to our economy, unless you desire to really totally destroy it!!! Even though I voted for Obama, I do not like what I see happening. He put a Goldman Sachs man in the position of Secretary of Treasury? Goldman Sachs and other big Financial institutiions caused this financial crisses and Obama should have taken them out of power. But Goldman Sachs just got a small slap on the wrist with a small fee but then put them in charge? GO AFTER BIG CORPORATE AMERICAN and not the individual investor. Goldman Sachs started trading the future market also: crude, soy, wheat and let other big funds like Calpers know that they could start trading the commodities also. Beside Goldman Sachs got on to the committis to deregulate the housing market right from the beginning and has been instrumental in causing our financial crisses and Obama puts a Goldman Sachs man in charge as Secretary of Treasury? It looks more and more like American has wall streets interests more at heart than the American citizen! Government and Big Corporate America need to be separate just as church and state are separate!!! DO NOT TAX Trading, you are mis-directed, focus on Corporate America to fix the problem.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Thu., Oct. 29, 2009 6:55 AM link Gary M. | Blountville, TN
I think basically the US administration, including the legislative brance, should consider how very dissapointing it would be to have a trader tax. I would simply start trading over seas somewere like Bahmas were there is no taxing system like the proposed situation in the states. To me it does not matter my domicile, but transaction cost. Do you want to drive me and my tax paying habits out of the US? This will kill the Golden Goose. Please reconsider the consequences of an agregious move like a trader tax...it is moving in the wrong direction...thanks for taking the time to read, think about, and understanding my communication regarding this.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Wed., Oct. 28, 2009 8:32 PM link Gary W. | Hartford, CT
Wed., Oct. 28, 2009 5:17 PM link Name not displayed | Macomb, MI
We must create our own retirement. This tax will only hinder our ability to save for our future. Social Security wouldn't be enough.This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Wed., Oct. 28, 2009 12:04 PM link Name not displayed | North Reading, MA
You will ruin this counnty. Many,many people will be out of business.Please don't pass this.
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Tue., Oct. 27, 2009 7:45 AM link Anjali S. | Alpharetta, GA
We don't want this - don't add to our taxes on saving. This whole mess was created because we did not save enough as a country and spent more than we saved. INCREASE our incentives to save and invest, DON'T DECREASE THEM !!!!This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Mon., Oct. 26, 2009 11:21 PM link Cory S. | Dover, NH
Not appropiate!This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!
Mon., Oct. 26, 2009 10:55 PM link Margaret A. | Dumont, NJ
Mon., Oct. 26, 2009 9:49 PM link Name not displayed | Frisco, TX
Are you guys out of your minds? You need to require the big banks/bankers to pay for this mess that they and the government created. Not the people!This comment has been reported to the site manager. It will be reviewed and removed if inappropriate. Thank you!