Wall Street Tax

Alexander Eichler

Why Does Wall Street Make So Much Money?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.21.2012

Payouts declined on Wall Street this year, as the major financial firms tried to steer through several quarters of lawsuits, layoffs, jittery markets,...

Ryan Grim

Wall Street Tax Would Raise $350 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.07.2012

WASHINGTON -- A minuscule tax on financial transactions proposed by congressional Democrats would raise more than $350 billion over the next nine year...

Gates Backs the Wall Street Tax at the G20 Summit

Sarah Anderson | Posted 01.03.2012

Sarah Anderson

The world's second-richest man and a group of American nurses on the frontlines of the Occupy Wall Street protests came to the G20 summit in Cannes, France this week to advocate for the same thing.

The "Serious Contenders" and the True Progressive: Miguel del Valle for Mayor of Chicago

Sandra Verthein | Posted 05.25.2011

Sandra Verthein

Rahm has made getting tough on teachers practically a centerpiece of his campaign; meanwhile, Miguel has proposed a Wall Street tax and has promised to sue Morgan Stanley over the parking meter deal.

Weekly Audit: Why Democrats Must Focus on Jobs Now

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger The job market in its worst state since the Great Depression and is putting tremendous strain on millions of...

Wall Street Tax: AFL-CIO, Dems

thehill.com | Alexander Bolton | Posted 05.25.2011

The nation's largest labor union and some allied Democrats are pushing a new tax that would hit big investment firms such as Goldman Sachs reaping bil...