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Oxdown Gazette » A Modest Proposal: Tax Gamblers

Firedoglake found this 12/1/2008 on oxdown.firedoglake.com

Surely no one really believes the US taxpayer should pay off the winnings of rank speculators , including the traders in credit default swaps. I offer a modest proposal for fixing the problem: a tax on each gambling transaction of 80%. The Treasury gets the money, and uses it to repay the ...