Financial Transaction Tax: Oversimplifying Complex Market Issues Feb 2, 2016 | Industry News A recent New York Times editorial by the paper’s editorial board, “The Need for a Tax on Financial Trading” (Jan. 28, 2016), brings to mind the old adage variously (but probably inaccurately) attributed to Abraham Lincoln and/or Mark Twain that, “It’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt”
