Dems mull stock-trade tax
The Hill reports House Democrats, led by Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter, are considering a 0.25 percent tax on all stock transactions as a way to pay for the jobs bill Congressional leaders want passed before the end of session.
The AFL-CIO is backing the plan — which the union first proposed in August — saying it could generate $50 billion to $100 billion annually. Predictably, top financial lobbyists are calling the tax a "permanant handcuff" on the economy.
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- JACOBS, JESSICA ALEXANDRA; JACOBS, ERIKA BESS
The more I hear the more I am
The more I hear the more I am convinced that if the healthcare bill passes even close to what it is, it will kill us/the economy/the country.
top financial lobbyists are
top financial lobbyists are calling tax" a permanent
handcuff" Let's start a new trend, as with Iraq, and
dereg, so will it be with taxes; Anyone who's already
screwed the pooch enough to flip everyone else's life
upside down,DOESN'T GET TO SAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH
REGARD TO ANY NEW PROPOSAL.
You go sit in the corner, you've already showed
what you know!
Funny how the Union's feel
Funny how the Union's feel about taxes. They complained about their health insurance being taxed
until it was taken out of the Health Care Bill, but
now support a tax on Stock transactions. SEIU gets
to sit in on and be heard on virtually every bill this
congress is considering. How any of this is ever
going to get employment going again truly baffles
this reader!