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Democrats are courting progressive-minded Americans by calling for a tax on Wall Street trades. If the party succeeds, the mom-and-pop investors they’re wooing could bear the brunt.

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Jul 15, 2016

by DECLAN HARTY AND ANNIE MASSA

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