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Subject: Fwd: 1% Tax on All Bank Transactions Coming in November

> Disgusting!

> Something else to check out !!!!!!



> Check Snopes, it's true.

> Well, the hits just keep coming. Look what's coming in November !



> Send this to all those you know. We must defeat HR 4646 in November or our

> way of life as we know it, is over. PROBABLY IN DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS





> This is a 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution - banks,

> credit unions, savings and loans, etc. Any deposit you make, or even a

> transfer within your account, will have a 1% tax charged.



> If your paycheck or your social security or whatever is direct deposit, it

> will get a 1% tax charged for the transaction.

 

> If your paycheck is $1000, then you will pay $10 just for the privilege of

> depositing your paycheck in your bank. Even if you hand carry your paycheck

> or any check into your bank for a deposit, 1% tax will be charged.~You

> receive a $5,000 stock dividend from your broker, it cost $50 just to allow

> you to deposit that check in the bank.

> · If you take $1,000 cash to deposit at your bank, 1% tax will be charged..



> · Oh, and by the way, you receive a refund from the IRS next year and you

> have it direct deposited or you walk in to deposit that check, you guessed

> it. You will pay a 1% charge of that money just for putting it in your bank.

> Mind you, this is from the man who promised that, if you make under $250,000

> per year, you will not see one penny of new tax. Keep your eyes and ears

> open, you will be amazed at what you learn about this guy's under-the-table

> moves to increase the number of ways you are taxed.

> Remember, any money, cash, check or whatever, no matter where it came from,

> you will pay a 1% fee if you put it in the bank.

> Some will say, oh well, it's just 1%. Are you kidding me? It's a 1% tax

> increase across the board.. Remember, once the tax is there, they can also

> raise it at will. And if anyone protests, they will just say, "oh,that's not

> really a tax, it's a user fee"! Think this is no big deal? Go back and look

> at the transactions you made from last year's banking statements. Then add

> the total of all those transactions and deduct 1%.

> Still think it's no big deal???

> 1. snopes.com: Debt Free America Act - Is the U..S. government proposing a

> 1% tax on debit card usage and/or banking transactions?

>

> ....It is true. The bill is HR-4646 introduced by US Rep Peter deFazio

> D-Oregon and US Senator Tom Harkin D-Iowa. Their plan is to sneak it in

> after the...

>

> ....moved beyond proposing studies and submitted the Debt Free America Act

> (H.R. 4646) , a bill calling for the implementation of a scheme to pay down

> the...

>

> ....[2010] by Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.). His "Debt Free America Act" (H.R.

> 4646) would impose a 1 percent "transaction tax" on every financial

> transaction...

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