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1. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:47 PM    link Velma J. | Lynnwood, WA

2. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:47 PM    link JAMES C. | Springfield, IL

3. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:47 PM    link Robert D. | Mercer Island, WA

4. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:47 PM    link Name not displayed | Saco, ME

5. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:46 PM    link Nicholas C. | Bradenton, FL

6. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:46 PM    link Henry M. | Raleigh, NC

   Another job killer by Congress. Has anyone in leadership of House and Senate run a business, paid a payroll, invested in productive endeavors despite the risk involved?
   
   If so, they have not learned a thing, or just don't care--probably both.

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8. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:46 PM    link Gerry P. | Redondo Beach, CA

9. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:46 PM    link James P. | Norristown, PA

10. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:46 PM    link Brian S. | Allegan, MI

    Unfair taxes is what brought this country to being and it looks like unfair taxes will be it's undoing. Just quit spending what you don't have and quit taxing us to death!

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12. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:46 PM    link Name not displayed | Littleton, CO

    How about you stabilize the value of our currency by reinstating the gold standard and ending the FED. Governments destroy wealth they create nothing and produce nothing. Obey the Constitution and Bill of Rights and cut/eliminate taxes don't create new ones!!!!

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14. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:45 PM    link Name not displayed | East Sandwich, MA

    If this is passed the little guy suffers. I trade 4-5 times per month to try to make $100 on small trades, this bill puts the end to that. Maybe we should just go on the government "dole-out" like so many others. Talk about killing the American Dream!

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16. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:44 PM    link Austin L. | Norman, OK

17. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:43 PM    link Name not displayed | Panama City, FL

    Let's just tell congress we'll sell all our mutual funds if they pass this legislation

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19. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:43 PM    link Mike G. | Charlotte, NC

    Stupidity is always shortsighted...

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21. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:42 PM    link Mark A. | Columbus, IN

22. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:42 PM    link Dustin B. | West Des Moines, IA

23. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:42 PM    link Harvey L. | Weston, CT

24. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:42 PM    link Name not displayed | Sierra Vista, AZ

25. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:41 PM    link James M. | Boca Raton, FL

    This is just another blatant attempt by the socialists in the Democrat party to destroy our economy and destroy America!

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27. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:41 PM    link Ginia L. | Grand Rapids, MI

28. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:40 PM    link Pat M. | Alpharetta, GA

    Please stop this bill and kindly remove your hand from my pocket. This is shameful.

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30. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:40 PM    link Thomas B. | Rockaway Park, NY

31. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:40 PM    link David D. | Moore, ID

32. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:40 PM    link Warren O. | Portland, OR

33. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:39 PM    link Name not displayed | Tampa, FL

    This bill would effectively put my small boutique trend following shop out of business. I did not make the bad decisions on Wall Street, but somehow seem to continue to be in the cross hairs of every idiot who want to raise taxes.
    
    Pass this bill and I will see you never get another term in office.

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35. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:39 PM    link Name not displayed | Tampa, FL

    This bill would effectively put my small boutique trend following shop out of business. I did not make the bad decisions on Wall Street, but somehow seem to continue to be in the cross hairs of every idiot who want to raise taxes.
    
    Pass this bill and I will see you never get another term in office.

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37. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:38 PM    link John P. | Shingle Springs, CA

38. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:37 PM    link Dale H. | Charlotte, NC

    Please stop this bill. It is patently unfair to anyone who tries to make their money work for them. You are crushing the middle class by continually finding ways to take another bite of their assets. Unless it is your intent to make everyone a ward of the state by confiscating all wealth, this is an incredibly foolish piece of legislation.

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40. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:37 PM    link Name not displayed | Sikes, LA

41. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:37 PM    link Richard R. | Jersey City, NJ

    I am a small investor. Enacting this legislation is punishing ordinary citizens not the people responsible for the Housing Crisis. We already pay enough in taxes.

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43. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:36 PM    link kevin l. | Hobart, IN

44. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:36 PM    link David V. | Carrollton, TX

45. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:36 PM    link Ross P. | Fort Lauderdale, FL

    Fire the whole government especially the ones who were part and parcel to this mess we are in !! Elect a businessman or woman to run this country !No more Politicians.

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47. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:35 PM    link Ronald B. | Houston, TX

48. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:35 PM    link Katherine R. | Prescott, AZ

49. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:35 PM    link Dave P. | Lincoln Park, MI

    People need to start electing TRUE representation and remove nearly all of the Congress-people who now SERVE us. What a joke this country has become!
    
    They think they are leaders and not servants of the people.

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51. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:34 PM    link Kunal P. | Inwood, NY

52. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:34 PM    link Sandra W. | Springfield, MO

53. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:33 PM    link GLORIA . | Bellingham, WA

54. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:33 PM    link Harry A. | Newnan, GA

55. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:33 PM    link Name not displayed | Sellersville, PA

    Don't even think about it!!!

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57. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:33 PM    link Michael C. | Longmont, CO

    Day traders are already taxed, it is called capital gains tax, thus adding yet another tax will prevent day traders from trading, leading to a loss in market liquidity.

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59. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:33 PM    link Charles W. | Palmdale, CA

    We already pay too much in taxes and congress already spends too much. How about not spending money you don't have for a change. STOP THE DEFICIT SPENDING AND LIVE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET!

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61. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:33 PM    link Gloria W. | Charlottesville, VA

    My husband and I are retired and dependent on our trading and investing for much of our income. This is a grossly unfair double tax and I implore you to defeat this unwise legislation.

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63. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:31 PM    link Stephen H. | Fremont, OH

    Stop taxing the little guy to pay for more programs.

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65. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:31 PM    link Russell M. | Wausaukee, WI

    I just started trading stocks about a year ago, and took control of my 457B because of the boondogle mess allowed to happen by Big Brother Government. I don't find it at all amusing that now Big Brother gov't wants to tax me on my investments. I paid for my investment education and am just now starting to understand trading after abouit 1 1/2 years, and have risked my $$ to do so. I find it ironic that Big Brother Gov't was willing to bail out the jerks that got me and every other average investor who had their $$ in mutual funds through their employer's, and now wants to tax the same individual investor for taking control of their own investment vehicles. There are way too many YES men/women in gov't with banking lobbist w/hands in pockets. I don't need Big Brother gov't hands in my POCKETS. I am already paying!!!!!!1

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67. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:31 PM    link Name not displayed | Hastings, MN

68. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:30 PM    link Carl W. | Dayton, OH

69. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:30 PM    link Richard W. | Reading, PA

70. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:29 PM    link Terry E. | Metairie, LA

    anyone that could propose such legislation does not understand how this country works and should not be reelected.

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72. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:28 PM    link Thomas W. | Griffin, GA

73. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:28 PM    link raymond james financial w. | Sarasota, FL

    THIS WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC TO THE ENTIRE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY- BUYERS AND SELLERS.

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75. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:27 PM    link Linda K. | Lancaster, CA

76. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:27 PM    link Harry S. | Naples, FL

77. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:27 PM    link Danielle B. | Oceanside, NY

    This bill is a BAD IDEA!

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79. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:26 PM    link Janice J. | San Diego, CA

80. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:25 PM    link Daniel B. | Oceanside, NY

    Democrat's stupidity .... Tax and spend some more!

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82. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:25 PM    link Frank C. | Hopatcong, NJ

83. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:24 PM    link D. Willaim S. | Buffalo, NY

84. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:24 PM    link Don R. | Clewiston, FL

85. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:24 PM    link Joseph H. | Richmond, VA

    With the lost in our retirement accounts already, do not tax the little returns we can get. You want us to cut back; why don't you cut back. Balance the budget with raising taxes.

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87. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:24 PM    link Name not displayed | Redondo Beach, CA

88. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:24 PM    link Bruce M. | Anderson, IN

    This tax is absurd! Average Americans are 'trading' the markets for income and their financial survival. 'Traders', today are not just Wall Street types. As usual, savings and investing, which should be encouraged, is still under the gun!

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90. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:24 PM    link Jerry S. | Sherman Oaks, CA

91. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:23 PM    link DeWayne F. | Minneapolis, MN

92. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:23 PM    link Jeffrey K. | Boca Raton, FL

    Do not double tax profitable investors and penalize unprofitable investors for investing!

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94. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:22 PM    link Donald W. | Grayson, GA

95. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:22 PM    link Name not displayed | Waco, TX

96. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:21 PM    link Name not displayed | Brentwood, TN

97. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:21 PM    link OLIVER N. | Wake Forest, NC

    This bill is not rational nor necessary.

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99. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:19 PM    link Jerry C. | Gig Harbor, WA

100. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:18 PM    link Name not displayed | Philo, CA

     Leave us the hell alone with your tax increase schemes and do the right thing- contain spending! We don't work for you, you work for us! You are purposely, or so it seems, trying to destroy this country! No wonder Congress's public opinion polls are so low! STOP SPENDING!

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102. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:18 PM    link robert s. | Wheeling, WV

103. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:18 PM    link Name not displayed | Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA

104. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:17 PM    link Michael B. | Scottsdale, AZ

105. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:16 PM    link ronald c. | Riverview, MI

106. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:16 PM    link Earl B. | Cypress, CA

     This would be an unfair tax on people's savings, and their efforts to save their retirements. We already pay tax on interest and dividends!

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108. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:16 PM    link Linda B. | Houston, TX

109. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:15 PM    link Name not displayed | Glade Park, CO

     Wall Street won't pay this tax--we all will! This is double taxation. If Congress wants to cut the deficit, it should stop spending so much of our money!

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111. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:15 PM    link Richard L. | Portland, ME

112. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:14 PM    link Mark A. | New York, NY

113. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:13 PM    link Joseph E. Z. | East Greenwich, RI

114. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:13 PM    link William R. | Laguna Niguel, CA

115. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:12 PM    link Jeff A. | Kansas City, MO

116. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:12 PM    link les s. | Fulshear, TX

117. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:12 PM    link Robert D. | Cincinnati, OH

118. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:12 PM    link Joseph T. | Puyallup, WA

119. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:11 PM    link Barbara H. | Asheville, NC

120. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:10 PM    link Jonathan R. | Ocean Park, WA

121. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:10 PM    link Stephen S. | Asheville, NC

122. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:09 PM    link Craig C. | Millsboro, DE

123. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:09 PM    link john s. | Oklahoma City, OK

124. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:06 PM    link Timothy P. | Huntington Beach, CA

125. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:06 PM    link James K. | Harlan, IN

126. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:06 PM    link William S. | Asheville, NC

127. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:05 PM    link Will H. | Prescott, AZ

     The only way I can protect myself from market declines is by selling. And you are going to tax me for doing that. Thanks a lot. Don't do me any more favors.

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129. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:05 PM    link Larry H. | Berkeley, CA

130. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:05 PM    link Peter M. | Closter, NJ

131. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:05 PM    link Larry H. | Berkeley, CA

132. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 4:04 PM    link GENE N. | Decatur, IL

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