DATE: December 21, 2009 Documents and Financial Models; Taxpayers Have A Right To Know Washington, D.C. – Following an op-ed in Saturday’s New York Times by former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, Professor Frank Partnoy and Professor William Black, today, Americans for Financial Reform joined
This holiday season, sing your displeasure with big banks and the way they wrecked the economy by joining in with these Bailout Carols (pdf) thanks to our friends at National People’s Action. They’ve put together a few songs that reflect consumers’ displeasure with being left
The Washington Business Journal ran this article today quoting Margot Dorfman, CEO of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, on her support for the CFPA. If you are a business person or investor who supports the CFPA, click here to sign our petition. Here’s an
AFR is partnering with Business for Shared Prosperity in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). Our elected officials need to know that the Chamber of Commerce’s anti-reform message is not representative of our views! Current and retired business people and investors, please show
The LA Times ran this article about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Here’s an excerpt: [W]hen the House passed the massive Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Dec. 11, Congress took the first step toward creating a national watchdog for home buyers and
The Washington Post ran this article pointing out mistakes made by the Federal Reserve Board. Here is an excerpt: Just as the Fed had failed to protect borrowers from the consequences of subprime lending, so too had it failed to protect banks. The central bank’s
DATE: December 17, 2009 Washington, DC – Just days after top banking executives met with President Obama and said they would close the gap between their support for financial regulatory reform and “the activities of lobbyists on behalf of these institutions or associations of which
On Dec. 17, SEIU and community groups gathered on the doorstep of Wells Fargo in downtown San Francisco to protest the banks the week that they announced billions in year-end bonuses. Watch as leaders from the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization deliver a letter
US Taxpayers spent $180 billion to bail out AIG – and bought an 80% stake in the company in the process. Sign the open letter to AIG here! As taxpayers and majority shareholders in AIG, we ask that you immediately release all emails, internal accounting
The Boston Globe named Elizabeth Warren Bostonian of the Year because of her many achievements as a consumer activist. They say: It seemed as if the banks and other firms got a $700 billion bonanza and the American taxpayer got the shaft. But along came