[skywhopper]

This seems like a lot of very highly directed, complex, and confusing artificial policy-making in order to achieve something that could probably be approximated far more simply and understandably by placing a small tax on equity transactions. Long term investors would be barely affected, high frequency traders would be forced to re-evaluate their approach, and the government could collect some highly needed revenue.

[eries]

If you get the political coalition assembled to make this, please give me a call