US Nurses and Global Action for a Financial Transactions Tax
Read about the Global Day of Action for a Financial Transactions Tax here.
View ArticleAFR Conference: Financial Transaction Taxes Briefing
An AFR congressional briefing regarding how a small tax on financial transactions could raise tens of billions of dollars a year and curb dangerous high speed trading.
View ArticleAFR Letter: Support Financial Transaction Tax
Read our letter supporting a financial transaction tax here, or below. —————————————————————————————– October 21, 2011 Representative Jeb Hensarling 129 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515...
View ArticleAFR Letter: Urge the Super Committee To Support FTT
AFR sent a letter to President Obama and Secretary Geithner asking that they urge the Super Committee to support a financial transaction tax.
View ArticleAFR Letter: Support DeFazio and Harkin Financial Transaction Tax Legislation
AFR authored a letter in support of the Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act of 2011 introduced by Senator Harkin and Representative DeFazio.
View ArticleAFR in the News: To Reclaim the Envy of the World, Wall Street Must Pay
"In other places, it is known as a ‘Robin Hood Tax’ and ‘Tobin tax,’ named for Nobel laureate James Tobin, who proposed in the early 1970s a tax on currency conversions. ...A scaled-back tax of 1%...
View ArticleFTT Conference Call Briefing – Thursday, June 21 10am EDT
Conference Call Briefing Financial Industry Support for Financial Speculation Taxes Financial professionals will discuss how transaction taxes would help put the brakes on Wall Street’s speed...
View ArticleFinancial Professionals Call for Speculation Taxes on Financial Transactions
A group of about 50 financial professionals today released a letter in support of speculation taxes on financial transactions.
View ArticlePress Briefing: Financial Industry Support for Financial Speculation Taxes
AFR held a conference call briefing on the financial industry support for financial speculation taxes. Click here to see a summary of the discussion, read a letter from more than 50 financial...
View ArticleTime is Right for a Financial Transaction Tax
“It’s really profoundly immoral to talk about things like cutting Medicare when this policy measure sits in front of us” - AFL-CIO Director of Policy Damon Silvers, speaking at a November 30 briefing...
View ArticleAFR Supports “The Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act”
AFR signed onto a letter along with more than 60 organizations supporting "The Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act" sponsored by Senator Harkin and Rep. DeFazio.
View ArticleAFR Statement of Support for “The Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act”
AFR released a statement in support of "The Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act"
View ArticleTell the President and Congress to Get Behind a Wall Street Speculation Tax
Here’s a way to raise hundreds of billions of dollars, get Wall Street to shoulder more of the responsibility for America’s economic recovery, and curb the kind of dangerous high-frequency trading that...
View ArticleWall Street Speculation Tax – Webinar Highlights
A Tool for Financial Stability & Economic Recovery Webinar Briefing Sponsored by: AFL-CIO | Americans for Financial Reform | Center for Economic and Policy Research Communications Workers of...
View ArticleAFR and 36 Co-Signers Oppose Senate Bill to Undermine European Financial...
Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) has introduced legislation directing U.S. companies to refuse to comply with the proposed tax. Rather than trying to obstruct the EU proposal, "U.S. elected officials...
View ArticleA Really Small Wall Street Tax Can Make a Really Big Difference
Congress will soon be back from recess – and back to gnashing its teeth over the budget and the various important things that, too many in that branch of government now contend, our country can no...
View ArticleLetter to Congress: Letter from 61 Groups in Support of the Wall Street Tax...
On behalf of the 61 undersigned organizations, we are writing to urge you to co-sponsor the Wall Street Tax Act of 2019 being introduced by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.).
View ArticleLetter to Congress: Letter from 30 Groups in Support of the Inclusive...
Dear Representative or Senator, We are writing on behalf of 30 undersigned organizations to urge you to co-sponsor the Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2019.
View ArticleNews Release: AFR and Take on Wall Street Coalitions Applaud Inclusive...
On Wednesday, Senator Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Lee (D-CA) introduced the Inclusive Prosperity Act, a bill that would impose a sales tax of 50 cents, 10 cents, and 1/2 a cent per $100 on each...
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