HERE’S AN INTERESTING BILL. HR4646: to establish a fee on most transactions (meaning any transaction that uses a payment instrument, including any check, cash, credit card, transfer of stock, bonds, or other financial instrument). Meaning if you buy or sell anything, you pay a fee to the federal government.
Talk about the potential for intrusiveness ....
It won’t pass, of course. Probably won’t even get out of committee. But it does give you some insight into the mind of a liberal Democrat.