Topic: Sales tax on every stock transaction.
Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #22,030 Is this a good idea?
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Yes.
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70%
No.
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Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 14 years ago , 26 minutes later[^] [v] #347,876 > no: 1
Is that you, mountie?
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago , 25 minutes later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #347,877 No tax is a good idea.
Anonymous B double-posted this 14 years ago , 8 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #347,878 Double post.
(Edited 15 seconds later.)
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 14 years ago , 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #347,889 @347,877 (B)
confirmed for mountie
Dead !Pool7hVoC2 joined in and replied with this 14 years ago , 4 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #347,890 do you mean the "value added tax"?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago , 11 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #347,965 @previous (Dead !Pool7hVoC2)
No. I mean a tax on stock transactions.
squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc joined in and replied with this 14 years ago , 18 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #347,968 @previous (A)
As long as it's a regressive tax and puts undue burdern on the poor, i'm cool with it.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago , 3 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #347,970 @previous (squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc)
What about a flat-rate tax?
Dead !Pool7hVoC2 replied with this 14 years ago , 1 minute later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #347,972 @347,965 (A)
link/example?
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 14 years ago , 1 hour later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #348,006 @previous (Dead !Pool7hVoC2)
How could you possibly need to have that explained to you?
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 14 years ago , 7 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #348,009 @OP
> Is this a good idea?
I buy a pack of gum I pay tax on it. Why not pay tax on stock transactions.
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