we all know only fiat can be taxed. well imagine if the price of FIAT trading of shares, stocks and forex became alot more costly..
well...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/06/george-osborne-eu-financial-transaction-tax-legal-challengeThe European Union moved closer to a tax on financial transactions after 10 member states agreed to implement the levy by 1 January 2016, angering George Osborne who threatened a fresh legal challenge to the tax.
The group, led by Germany and France, told a meeting of Europe's finance ministers in Brussels on Tuesday that they planned to introduce a tax on a phased basis, starting with the taxation of "shares and some derivatives", but the details of exactly how it would work have yet to be agreed.