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Old 07-04-2019, 08:51 PM   #217
Surtt
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Originally Posted by Arles View Post
I'm just a little discouraged that it seems like we are destined to have a democratic candidate who wants free health care, free college, higher taxes on anyone making over 100K and support this crazy Green New Deal.

Where did you see the 100k figure.


The free tuition plan would be paid for through a "speculation tax"
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Under the Sanders proposal, trades would be taxed at a rate of 0.5 percent for stocks and 0.1 percent for bonds. A stock trade of $1,000 would thus incur a cost of $5.
I can not see this really harming anyone but the computer trades.
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