I suspect this debate was/is largely conducted by uninformed parties. There already is a small fee imposed on every trade due to gov't regulation. https://www.s

I suspect this debate was/is largely conducted by uninformed parties. There already is a small fee imposed on every trade due to gov't regulation. https://www.sec.gov/fast-answers/answerssec31htm.html https://www.sec.gov/fast-answers/answerssec31htm.html At best, there could be a meaningful debate over increasing the appropriation to the SEC and adding new regulation mandates for them. The question over whether we should have transaction fees should already be settled by the fact that the SEC is currently funded by such fees.