AFR in the News: Transaction Tax On Financial Speculation Gets Boost From Occupy Wall Street
Ryan Grim (Huffington Post)
“Boosted by the Occupy Wall Street movement, two Democrats in the House and Senate are renewing a push for a transaction tax on speculative trades. … Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of progressive and labor organizations focused on reforming Wall Street, threw its weight behind the tax in a letter to the super committee:”