Rakesh Saxena

The NPV Test: A Line in the Sand on March 4

Dear Poor Dude: You and "apppro" are scaring me. Can we settle at 25% on the windfall profit tax before your suggestions turn into a movement, like Obamanation? Many thanks - Rakesh


On Feb 19 11:15 AM Poor Dude wrote:

> I like the idea of a windfall profits tax on all gains made from
> short positions! Except I'd probably make it 80 or 85 percent, instead
> of only 65 percent. Our government will need that money to shore
> up the banks being decimated by the short sellers. Needless to say,
> we don't need laws which reward people for destroying the nation's
> (and world's) financial systems and economies. Those people need
> to be punished, not rewarded.