Category Archives: Financial Reform News

Watch AFR’s John Taylor on Fox Business News

John Taylor, President & CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), discussed the next wave of AIG bonuses on Fox Business News. In response to another guest’s hemming and hawing about what is appropriate compensation and how a salary is defined, John really made

Paul Volcker: How to Reform our Financial System

Paul Volcker, Chairman of the president’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board and former Federal Reserve Chairman, published this op-ed in the New York Times.  Here are excerpts: The phrase “too big to fail” has entered into our everyday vocabulary. It carries the implication that really large,

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Welcome to AFR’s Coalition

Thank you so much for joining Americans for Financial Reform.  As we work to clean up the mess that Wall Street made, we need your voice to help make sure that the job of rewriting the regulatory rulebook is not left to the financial predators

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Financial Advisor Magazine: What Transaction-Tax Foes Don’t Say

This article posted on Financial Advisor Magazine’s website shows another side of the argument for a Financial Transaction Tax.  Here are a few of the notable statements from the article, including the leading paragraph: Opponents of one proposed Wall Street reform, a financial transaction tax,

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The Benefits of a Financial Transaction Tax

The Benefits of a Financial Transactions Tax A financial transaction tax is a tax placed on a specific type of financial transaction for a specific purpose. From the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR): The recent economic turmoil has generated renewed interest in a

Report: Main Street Businesses Support Wall Street Reforms

Survey finds small business owners support financial reforms, consumer protection agency ** Report posted online at www.mainstreetalliance.org/publications ** Washington, DC – Today, the Main Street Alliance released a new report highlighting impacts of the financial crisis on small businesses and a snapshot of Main Street

Suze Orman: The Banks Don’t Want to Deal

Financial advisor Suze Orman spoke with CNN reporter Campbell Brown yesterday about stimulus money, mortgage relief, and the problems caused by the big banks. When asked about mortgages and the troubles faced by homeowners, Orman said “I have to tell you, while it’s easy for