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Re: Proposed Wall Street Transaction Tax Would Raise $350 Billion  

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...the folks trading every few minutes are not folks at all. They are computers. They make a lot of trades and generate a lot of commissions and doubtlessly get a "volume" discount. It's like taxes, the costs will ultimately fall on the heads of those who make enough to be taxed, but not enough to afford lobbyists, a legal and accounting team powerful enough to find or create loopholes.




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Re: Proposed Wall Street Transaction Tax Would Raise $350 Billion
By: clo
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Wed, 09 Nov 11 3:17 AM
Msg. 35758 of 65535

No, the elephants would pay most of these.
You know, the folks trading every few minutes.
Buy & hold investors wouldn't feel it at all.
I think it might help the market become more stable, less like a slot machine.


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