Afgiften skulle være meget lav med henblik på ikke at ramme handlen med varer og investeringerne, men den skulle fungere som en pind i spekulanternes hjul, det vil sige bremse det ellers stigende antal kortfristede transaktioner.
The rate of this would be very low so that it did not affect trade in goods or investments, but it would act as a light brake on the wheels of speculation, thereby checking the multiplication of short-term transactions.