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,
Professor Elizabeth Warren was back on the Daily Show on Tuesday night to speak to host Jon Stewart about the dire need for financial reform in order to preserve the middle class and America’s financial security. Warren, who has served as the TARP oversight chair
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
Last night in his State of the Union address, President Obama reinforced his ambitious agenda to fix the economy and enact financial reform, including measures to hold Big Banks accountable for their reckless actions that led to our financial crisis and the loss of millions
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
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
Visit the Sojourners website to download the first chapter of Reverend Wallis’s new book, “Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street.” Watch him on the Daily Show below: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Jim Wallis
Grin and bear it? Not a chance. Consumers from around the city joined with activists from Americans for Financial Reform at Monument Circle in Indianapolis on January 19th to show Congress what they think about the need for financial reform legislation. Consumers posed in front
The Chamber of Commerce is descending upon Capitol Hill today, intending to kill financial reform. Read AFR’s letter urging the Senate to reject the Chamber’s false rhetoric Read about how the Chamber represents CEO special interests, not Main Street Small Businesses AFR offers the following
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce repeatedly claims that its agenda represents the interests of small businesses. However, recent investigations have shown that a relatively small number of large contributors dominate the U.S. Chamber’s funding. Meanwhile “Main Street” Chambers of Commerce – the organizations most small