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Having sanctioned some $1.3 trillion in state- and central-bank aid to protect its country's troubled lenders, Britain's government has been mulling a bank tax for months. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposal last fall for an international "Tobin tax" - a levy on financial-market transactions ranging from...
Convincing every major economy of the virtues of a bank tax, though, remains the biggest challenge. Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, for instance, rejected a bank tax out of hand earlier this month, favoring instead a wider implementation of some of the tough rules that left his country's banks...
Today, the party usurps all. Congressional campaigns are increasingly being conducted and synchronized by party leadership, with national figures frequently campaigning for local candidates. The special senatorial election in Massachusetts drew in the entire nation’s attention such that it almost made sense to enfranchise the country to...
Stopa said he plans to focus on fiscal responsibility, health care reform, and immigration. He said that like voters, he is nervous and angry about the current direction of the country.
The problem with this solution is that some benefits start to expire April 5. And as the country learned the last time these provisions ran out last month during Bunning's filibuster, that means thousands of Transportation Department workers getting laid off, gaps in unemployment and health coverage for some...