In the wake of the GameStop fiasco, House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters (right) says momentum is building for a stock-trading tax while Citadel Securities founder Ken Griffin (left) warns a tax would boomerang.
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In the wake of the GameStop fiasco, House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters (right) says momentum is building for a stock-trading tax while Citadel Securities founder Ken Griffin (left) warns a tax would boomerang.
Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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