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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:21 PM link Coos O. | Lexington, KY
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:19 PM link Charles G. | Borger, TX
Why wreck a system that works? Government caused the crash in the first place, now they want to do more damage.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:18 PM link Brad K. | Lake Forest, IL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:17 PM link Name not displayed | Scott, LA
Come on, anybody who wants to retire comfortably is going to have more than $100,000.00 in their account(s) to trade with or they just as much consider staying in the workforce because this administration is going to do whatever it takes to steal our money in a fashion so that none of us can ever retire. And if nobody retires I guess unemployment stays high because you have no retirement turnover for the unemployed to move into the retiree's positions.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:14 PM link stuart s. | ,
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:12 PM link Fredric W. | Maitland, FL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:10 PM link Steven L. | Belvedere Tiburon, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:10 PM link josh a. | Minneapolis, MN
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:08 PM link Name not displayed | Atlanta, GA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:08 PM link Janet P. | Helena, MT
My husband and I run a small business with 8 employees. We have a profit sharing plan and our trades, though not all that active, would fall under your tax. Selling just two of our stock positions a year would exceed the $100,000. It is unfair to exempt public employee retirement plans and yet tax the small business plans. I'm sick and tired of small business getting whacked because we do business, hire employees, make a profit, provide retirement benefits and health benefits....the responsible thing to do. And we get taxed for being good public citizens.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:07 PM link Name not displayed | Youngstown, OH
To the leadership of our country; this proposed tax is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard of. The unintended consequences of this should it pass could be extremely detrimental to our financial system. The solution to last year's crisis is not to create new laws and taxes to penalize Wall St. What should have is a simple emphasis to enforce existing laws and be proactive in nature, not reactionary. Looking for someone to blame is useless. Move forward rather then looking for people to punish.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:06 PM link Helen P. | London, OH
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:06 PM link bob a. | Nashville, TN
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:06 PM link Robert H. | Miami, FL
Trader's tax will limit liquidity and halt market progress.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:05 PM link Name not displayed | La Jolla, CA
You have got to be kidding?!! We are attemting the greatest socialist redistribution of wealth experiment in history. The founders of our country would be are rolling over in their graves. All of the Congress and all of the House should be voted out of office. A bigger bunch of ignorant clowns I have never seen in my life.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:04 PM link alan b. | Appleton, WA
This would only put small traders out of business. No doubt, some of the brokerages would have to close offices and lay off employees.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:04 PM link Rich C. | La Jolla, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:03 PM link Name not displayed | Marietta, GA
Please stop the attacks on American capitalism and entrepreneurship. This tax will not help solve any problems. This tax is preying on peoples fears. Enough already.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:03 PM link m j. | Miami, FL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:03 PM link Name not displayed | Westport, CT
Unfair to people trying make back some of what they lost!!!
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:02 PM link Sean K. | Olney, MD
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 3:01 PM link Sean K. | Fayetteville, NC
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:59 PM link Robert D. | Kingston, PA
As a property holder in the great state of Oregon, a financial consultant by trade for 27 years and a US taxpayer, I wholehartedly oppose this legislation.
Every action has a reaction and actions have consequences.
A tax on transactions will simply increase the cost of doing business and be passed along to the 'little guy" or 'middle class' (if you wish) via higher fees.
Most investors utilize mutual fnds, portfolio managers etc. These are the folks that will be paying the fees. They will simply pass them along.
After looking at all the taxes on my electric bill, heating bill, cellphone bill, cable bill, local phone bill, gasoline bill, have you people in Congress have no conscience?? Is this the best you can do?? Another TAX??
For all your failures to regulate...for all your failures to stop waste and fraud in government spending...for all your astonishing spending just to get elected....for all your stupid regulations that inhibit business and/or encourage the wrong type of business, you should man or woman UP and TAX yourselves.
Maybe folks will wise up like Ensco and Transoceanic (RIG) and leave the United TAX ASTATES of America and take up official residence overseas....
Bob
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:59 PM link Name not displayed | Dearborn, MI
enough
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration T ax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration T ax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:57 PM link Frank V. | San Francisco, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:57 PM link Name not displayed | Bloomfield Hills, MI
if you look behind the reason of this bill and who will really be affected you'll realize that this is pure politics and placation by our elected officials for their own political gain!
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:57 PM link Kurt G. | Rockford, MN
Hard enough for the small investor to make money in the stock market then you decide to take the investor even more, ridiculous...banks take it to me every day with fee's and credit card fee's and you still want to help them more..stop making money for the banks and start protecting the small investor.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:57 PM link Manuel R. | Miami, FL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:54 PM link Charles S. | Charlotte, NC
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:53 PM link John p. | Shallotte, NC
Fools fools you are all out of work come 2012 bet on it
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:53 PM link Brad P. | Allenspark, CO
This tax would only hurt investors trying to recoup from 2008
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:53 PM link michael k. | Rockaway, NJ
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:51 PM link Robert R. | Spartanburg, SC
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:51 PM link Name not displayed | Northville, MI
Cut the wasteful spending, not raise taxes.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:50 PM link Christopher J. | Tampa, FL
Engage in fiscal responsibility before levying any additional taxes, on traders, or anyone for that matter. Your objective should be to find ways to lower and eliminate taxes, not add and raise them.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:49 PM link kenneth d. | Houston, TX
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:49 PM link Name not displayed | Scottsdale, AZ
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:48 PM link scott r. | Minneapolis, MN
Please think this through and don't just assume "wall st fat cats" are the ones that will have to pay. What you may gain in taxes from the institutional side, you will likely take away from the smaller investor. It will hurt main st much more than it will hurt wall st.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:47 PM link Frank V. | Berkeley, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:47 PM link Pete M. | Grand Rapids, MI
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:47 PM link John L. | Vero Beach, FL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:47 PM link Name not displayed | Niceville, FL
This is no way to stimulate capital flows into the US markets... We are in competitions with emerging markets. They will have an unfair advantage if this bill passes. Oh, by the way it is our money not the gov't money... who will be better at spenidng it???
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:46 PM link Name not displayed | New Hope, PA
this is crazy. These guys are nuts. Cant wait to vote them out in Nov.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:46 PM link Name not displayed | Niceville, FL
This is no way to stimulate capital flows into the US markets... We are in competitions with emerging markets. They will have an unfair advantage if this bill passes. Oh, by the way it is our money not the gov't money... who will be better at spenidng it???
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:45 PM link Name not displayed | New York, NY
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:45 PM link Sam H. | Carlsbad, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:44 PM link don w. | Lawrenceville, GA
everyone in congress and senate need to be replaced.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:44 PM link Name not displayed | Dallas, TX
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:44 PM link Name not displayed | Wichita, KS
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:44 PM link Shawn M. | Saint Paul, MN
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:44 PM link Charles H. | Newberry, FL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:44 PM link Name not displayed | Wayne, NJ
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:43 PM link Clint P. | Jupiter, FL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:43 PM link Rufus S. | Huntsville, AL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:43 PM link Christopher H. | Santa Ana, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:42 PM link Doug T. | Colorado Springs, CO
Vote for gridlock and term limits.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:41 PM link Vivek R. | Winchester, MA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:41 PM link Name not displayed | Hampton, NH
It's going to drive more jobs outside the country...i wish you would think of the after effect instead of how to raise taxes. I'm afraid we will see more creative tax increases to get us out of the spending hole you put us in. These taxes will eventually get put back to the people you already threw under the bus!
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:41 PM link Wade L. | Chesterfield, MO
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:40 PM link mark r. | Briarcliff Manor, NY
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:40 PM link John R. | Carmel, IN
Stop the insanity now! Anxiously awaiting the 2010 and 2012 elections!!
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:40 PM link samuel b. | Lincoln University, PA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:40 PM link Gabe W. | Atlanta, GA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:40 PM link Bryan S. | Arlington, VA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:39 PM link Harry S. | Franklin, TN
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:39 PM link nancy m. | Cohasset, MA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:39 PM link John V. | Savannah, GA
This is a ludicrous idea.
It will foster illiqiudity.
Itwill impede with individual investments and therefore slow tour much neede capital formation.
We have already seen a decrease in capital formation by not being able to use this as a source of funds for mortgages and auto loans.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:39 PM link Name not displayed | White Plains, NY
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:38 PM link James L. | Cordova, TN
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:38 PM link James E. H. | Belle Mead, NJ
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:38 PM link Adam M. | San Francisco, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:38 PM link nancy m. | Cohasset, MA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:37 PM link Name not displayed | Oklahoma City, OK
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:37 PM link Martin L. | Las Vegas, NV
Tax Tax Tax Spend Spend Spend. Taxes and government are not the solution. Taxes and government is the problem. Too many laws, Too many taxes. STOP THE TAX MADNESS
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:37 PM link winston e. | Austin, TX
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:37 PM link Name not displayed | Charleston, SC
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:37 PM link Name not displayed | Santa Fe, NM
AT LEAST RAISE THE LIMIT TO $500,000 SO THOSE TRADERS
WHO ARE LITTLE GUYS, WILL NOT BE FORCED TO NOT TRADE
IN FEAR OF GOING OVER $100,000 - THIS IS IMPORTANT ! ! !
THANK YOU.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:36 PM link FM B. | San Francisco, CA
The addiction Congress has to spend beyond the means of present and future generations, is an immoral and destructive force tearing the fabric of our society.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:36 PM link Catherine C. | Houston, TX
My trading helps support my 80-year-old sister, my 70-year-old husband, my nephew and and his four children and myself (age 60). This tax is unconscionable. Is it any wonder that Congress is held in utter contempt by the American people?
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:35 PM link Name not displayed | Las Vegas, NV
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:34 PM link Tom C. | Mooresville, NC
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:33 PM link Name not displayed | Pasadena, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:33 PM link michael m. | Atlanta, GA
we've already bailded out banks/auto cos/insurance cos w/my tax dollars and my client/partners- please not this ! and it would destroy liquidity in financial markets
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:33 PM link Roxanne F. | Gloucester, MA
Personally I would like everyone who is running in Congress to LOSE in 2010! You have taken the lobbyists funds for YOUR re-election...damn the average American's interests. Four financial crises since 1998. Shame on you!! Where were the banking and financial regulators? How many have lots their jobs? Why was Glass-Segall over turned? Bah! Humbug! Now you want to confiscate trading dollars! You want to literally determine pay scales. Let me give you all $0. and take away your pension AND medical benefits too!! (The average American doesn't even dream of those benefits!) TERM LIMITS...YES!!!!!!
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:32 PM link Name not displayed | Sugar Grove, IL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:32 PM link VAN N. | Hiram, GA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:31 PM link Nancy L. | Owens Cross Roads, AL
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:31 PM link michael o. | Carmel, IN
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:31 PM link Brian B. | Nashua, NH
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:31 PM link John L. | Bellbrook, OH
This is my income and retirement. You already tax me to much!! You're and your ilk are certified jackasses!!!
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:31 PM link william b. | Plymouth, WI
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:31 PM link Name not displayed | Houma, LA
I request a vote of no; but should a vote of yes go foward I will gladly pay my fee to go short as the downside direction will be amplified by reluctant investors to more than pay for the tax.
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Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:30 PM link Tom P. | Grand Rapids, MI
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:30 PM link xun c. | Brookline, MA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:30 PM link mjerry f. | Tipp City, OH
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:30 PM link Michael S. | Rockwall, TX
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:29 PM link Jason P. | Eugene, OR
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:28 PM link Joe T. | San Marino, CA
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:28 PM link Name not displayed | North Hampton, NH
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 2:27 PM link stephen w. | Bow, NH