Financial Speculation Texes

The Unfinished Business of Financial Reform

Submitted by Sarah Anderson on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 16:54

Lawmakers will need to consider financial speculation taxes in the next round of the fight to rein in Wall Street.

As senators prepare to fight their way through a blizzard of amendments to the financial reform bill, it's hard to predict exactly what we'll wind up with when the storm is over. But it's important to view this as merely round one in what will likely be a long struggle to rein in Wall Street.

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Fix the Economy, Not Wall Street

Submitted by David Korten on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 13:59

Why regulate a broken system when we can build a better one? Welcome to New Economy 101.

Financial reform is the Congressional political issue of the month. Democrats say their bill will place essential controls on Wall Street to prevent abuse and a repeat of the financial crash. Republicans say it will encourage further Wall Street risk-taking by giving the big banks a guarantee of a future taxpayer bailout if reckless decisions trigger another financial crash.