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mlsoft

06/10/03 9:24 AM

#117140 RE: basserdan #117132

Dan...

There was a Fed paper that recommended that very solution (tax all savings and cash) as a remedy for deflation. It is hard to believe it could happen, but who knows what radical measures might be tried.

Personally, I think one big beneficiary of such a hair-brained scheme would be gold.

It is quite obvious that such is not the case this morning though, as they are pounding gold even though there is just modest strength in the $USD. It looks like the COTs commercials were right again, but it seems very clear that the fix was in - with the $USD stable I can find zero rational reason behind the move.

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Joe Stocks

06/10/03 9:32 AM

#117146 RE: basserdan #117132

Dan, This goes along with one of my predictions for the future from several years ago. I think we will eventually have a wealth tax in this country as well as many others. Germany has already discussed the idea. Scary indeed. Hopefully the Japanese will just go out and buy gold. <VBG>
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Ace Hanlon

06/10/03 2:36 PM

#117302 RE: basserdan #117132

The idea of a "transactions tax" on US bank deposits was floated by the Fed months ago. That is where this idea comes from.