Tax Wall Street Speculation

A tiny fee of 1/20th of 1% on each Wall Street trade could raise more than $100 billion annually with little impact on actual investment. This would reduce speculation, “flash trading,” and outrageous bankers’ bonuses – and we’d have a lot more money to spend on Main Street job creation.


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Nurses to Obama: Heal America, Tax Wall Street!

By Mary Bottari
September 6, 2011

Janesville, WI -- As President Obama gets ready for his big jobs speech Thursday, America's nurses have a message for him. "Heal America, Tax Wall Street!" the signs read as nurses rallied in front of 61 Congressional offices recently. The nurses are proposing a bold alternative to the "cut, cut, cut" rhetoric emanating from Washington, D.C and governors across the nation. more »

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Five Progressive Tax Increases that Washington Won't Talk About

By Daniel Marans
June 6, 2011

Ten years ago today, the first Bush tax cuts were signed into law. The fiscal damage they have inflicted is still unparalleled. But while the tax cuts for the top 2 percent of American earners will stay off the table until December 2012, there is any number of other progressive tax increases that Washington could adopt, but won't even consider. The public deserves to know what they are. more »

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