Tell Congress to Block the Trader Tax

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  1. Most ridiculous thing i have seen!
    would kill markets and those who participate
    in them...and kill those jobs and revenue to
    Gov. who make a living in markets....business would move elsewhere of course!!

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  3. Markets are imperfect, but they are our best solution so far. I don't understand the desire to ruin them without even the promise of a better solution.

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  5. This proposed legislation, if inacted, may bring in revenue, but like so many other tax bills, have unintended consequences. Number one would be the immediate loss of tens of thousands of jobs in the stock trading industry, not to mention the collapse of many stock brokerage firms.

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  7. The bailout is the greatest destroyer of American savings ever! Now you want to take even more of our savings by taxing us again. Shame on you. He who governs best governs least. You can be sure I won't vote Democrat in the next elections!

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  9. Government is, planely speaking, FORCE!!!

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  11. I have just discovered I can actually make some good returns in trading. I kept telling myself there must be something more because this works too well. Should have known an out of control government would be the catch! Vote No. See you all in the voting booth this November.

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  13. Ridiculous bill. We have foot the bill too many times already. Stop spending money you don't have to reduce the deficit!!

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  15. I vote no to this tax bill

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  17. I didn't ask for the bailout; I already paid for it against my will; and I certainly don't want to pay for it again.

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  19. Another stupid idea by another stupid politician

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  21. This tax punishes anyone wanting to save. Wall Street should be punished, not the investor.

    Vote NO on HR 1068

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  23. Stop this nonsense!Do not place anymore unfair burden on working Americans!

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  25. Please do not pass H.R. 1068! We are already taxed on profits. Adding a transaction tax will hurt thousands of individuals & companies and it will negatively affect the liquidity of the market. It will put me out of business!

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  27. This is a totally unfair unamerican way of hurting small business and coping citizens in our country. Please see this bill for what it is and bury it.

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  29. this won't work, people will just stop trading.

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  31. Punish Wall Street traders, not Main Street traders! We should not be responsible for Wall Street traders' mistakes! My parents will have no one to sell their stock to when they want to retire! Keep the liquidity by not passing H.R. 1068!

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  33. Transaction taxes would have a significant negative impact on the brokerage, active trading, trader education and related companies, which are vital segments of the economy. Passing additional taxes is not the right direction to go in a difficult economy. Please do not pass any additional or new taxes that would negatively impact active stock and other traders.

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  35. This bill helps the big firms at the expense of the people. Most people in this country will find extra burden as these costs are passed on. Financially most people have already been hit. If the goal is to punish Wall Street than please do it without hitting the small people on Main Street. Small traders and investors will be the real victim in this. The reaction will be less trading and thereby less tax revenue.

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  37. GOVERNMENT HAS GONE TOO FAR!!!, EVERYBODY STOP PAYING INCOME TAX, IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP BIG GOVERNMENT

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  39. You are all going nuts time for all people in DC to be voted out.

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  41. I got tired of paying money managers to lose my hard earned dollars. I should not be penalized for managing my own account. NO TO THE TRADER TAX.....

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  43. You Democrates have lost your minds. My hope is that you will get it handed to you next november.

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  45. Just another way for government to spend our money.

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  47. It would be harder to imagine something more devastating to the "little guy" while hardly affecting the large institutions on Wall Street.

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  49. People that push this tax have ZERO understanding of economics and the effect that this tax will have on the average investors.

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  51. will anyone with any college derived education or life lesson's and the capability to understand common sense do something to bring this unwelcome idea to a swift and permanent halt

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  53. kill the health care bill, stop cap and trade

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  55. How about a trade? I'll pay the tax if you (Congress) take the rest of the decade off?

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  57. Congress cant you just let the little guy have a break. Its not us small investors that has caused all the trouble on Wall Street its politions and special interrest groups that have messed up the system. Its my hard earned money that i choose to invest in the mkt and now its my hard earned money that you are taxing again. Cant you guys just give it up and stop taxing us small folks to death. Please stop the madness!

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  59. This tax would put me out of business overnight as well as crush the retail brokerage industry.

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  61. Yes I am new to stock trading and am on social security disability benefits and this would be a burden on my small business. Please search for a better alternative to hold those accountable for what happened in the stock market. sincerely Ramon Rodriguez Jr.

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  63. This taxes every American, not Wall Street. To call this a Wall Street Tax is a lie.

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  65. This will only result in more taxes on the middle class: ME!!! When I retire (HA!), I'll be looking to support myself on my investments by SELLING them, of course! Now you not only tax my income, you tax the transactions to generate my income?!? This is a knee-jerk reaction of a bill, thoughtless, poorly conceived, ill-advised, and ultimately a BURDEN and DETRIMENT to the very people it proposes to assist!

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  67. us traders already pay capital gains.This would be a double tax.

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  69. I am a small time retired investor who only trades my savings to make a living, any additional taxes that are added to my income becomes money you take away from me and my 83 year old husband. You might as well come to our house and take our food or cut off our heat. You guys in Washington are so sell serving with way too many bills that terriblyl affect the citizens who pay the majority of all the taxes, always doing it so you get that next sympathetic vote.
    STOP TAXING THE HARDEST WORKING PORTION OF AMERICA!

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  71. This bill is the dumbest idea I've read in years! Tax people for trading the stock market? Do you want to destroy the stock market? This bill should be stopped now.

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