http://www.greencompany.com/blog/index.php
Mike --- In [email protected], "Potato Soup" <potatoso...@...> wrote: > > To my fellow American AmiBroker users. Just curious if everyone here is aware > that the bill to impose a quarter percent tax on every stock trade (both > ways, win or lose), as well as a .02% tax on every derivatives contract is > gaining serious steam in Washington and the mainstream media, including CNBC. > > This woud kill liquidity, destroy small and large traders, increase spreads > and volatility, and erode capital investment in US companies, thereby causing > more unemployment. It will also result in captal flight to Asian markets and > the end of America as the financial center of the world. > > If you're not on the phone giving a talking to your congressional rep, and > not writing newspapers and speaking out, your days as a trader are probably > numbered. If you think this tax can't pass, take a look at every other > example of so called bills that could "never pass". > > Here are the details: > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=adcaJQ1Xp4_w&pos=8 >
