AFR Applauds President’s Announcement Of Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee; Urges Additional Actions To Protect Consumers And Hold Wall St. Accountable Groups Also Urge Congress To Pass Financial Speculation Tax Washington, D.C. – Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) released the following statement today on the President’s proposal for a Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee: Heather Booth, Director,
For Immediate Release: January 14, 2010 Washington, D.C.- Center for Economic and Policy Research Co- Director Dean Baker released the following statement on the Obama administration’s proposal to impose a fee on the financial institutions that received TARP funds. Today, the White House announced a proposal to impose a Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee (FCRF) on
AFR friend Mary Bottari posted this response to the FCIC hearings at www.Banksterusa.org. The top bankers that were called to testify before the independent Financial Inquiry Crisis Commission in Washington today touched on the drama of the September 2008 financial crisis. They complained of nervous anxiety and sleepless nights. They didn’t apologize for a thing,
AFR’s CORE MESSAGE SLOGAN: Hold the Big Banks Accountable Short Version Optional lead-in It’s outrageous that after taking trillions of our tax dollars in bailout money, the big banks are back to business as usual, taking billions in profits and bonuses and spending hundreds of millions to pay lobbyists to fight against reforms that would
Bill Thomas, the Commissioner of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) today invited the public to send him any and all questions they have about the financial crisis. Thomas said that the bankers will have to answer all questions even if they are trivial, and that the public deserves to have the answer they
The Center for Responsible Lending shows why a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) is “priceless” in this video.