Business for Shared Prosperity

By Alison Vekshin and Lorraine Woellert
Bloomberg, Dec 10, 2009

The U.S. House will resume debate on legislation to toughen rules policing Wall Street today after lawmakers clashed over an industry-supported fund the government would use when unwinding failed systemically important firms.

Republicans, who oppose the measure, called the provision for a $150 billion account a perpetual government bailout while Democrats defended it as a way to prevent taxpayers from propping up ailing financial firms in the future.

Statement in Support of Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Margot Dorfman, CEO, U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce

Market News International, Dec 9, 2009

WASHINGTON (MNI) - While the House vote on the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection was delayed Wednesday, supporters and opponents kept up their battle.

Two small businesses and the Vice President of the National Association of Small Business owners, Margot Dorfman, told reporters that they need such an agency.

Elizabeth Warren "sums it up very well", said Dorfman, quoting the woman who the Obama administration is expected to name as head of the new agency when congressional Democrats use their majority to make it happen.

Taxing the Rich
Bloomberg TV, Oct 20, 2009
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By Carmen Blanco
Catholic News Service, Aug 11, 2009

Workers in 30 states and the District of Columbia have been impacted by the [July] 24 increase in the federal minimum wage from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour, but the question of whether the increase will help or hurt the economy remains to be seen.

By David R. Francis
Economic Scene, Christian Science Monitor, August 11, 2009

Petition is one sign that the idealistic wealthy are not a small minority.

Raise my taxes, says millionaire Chuck Collins.

The scion of the Oscar Mayer family supports a House panel’s healthcare plan that would boost taxes for families earning more than $350,000 a year. He also advocates ending the Bush tax cuts for the rich right away, rather than when they expire at the start of 2011, and closing foreign tax havens to Americans.

Arul Menezes
Op-Ed distributed by McClatchy Tribune News, Aug 5, 2009

In recent weeks, there has been a lot of discussion about raising taxes on the wealthy. As a higher-income person who would pay such taxes, I have no objection.

I grew up in India and came to the United States in 1988. I attended graduate school at Stanford and have since had a successful career in the technology industry. There is no other country in the world where this could have happened.

Money Talk with Angela Carter
Live Chat, New Haven Register, 7/29/2009

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Centre Daily Times (PA), July 29, 2009
Our View

Workers on the lowest rung of the pay scale got a slight boost last week when the federal minimum wage was raised to $7.25 an hour. The third and final installment in the federal minimum wage is a good effort to put more money into the economy but a long way from giving the lowest-paid workers a living wage.

Corp Magazine, July 28, 2009
Business Buzz - Boston, Mass.

Business Owners Welcome Minimum Wage Increase
Raising minimum wage will help economy, say national business leaders and small business owners from states affected by July 24 increase

July 21, 2009, Boston, MA - Business owners across the nation are welcoming the July 24 increase in the federal minimum wage from $6.55 to $7.25. National business leaders and small business owners in states where workers are getting a raise say the increase will boost consumer buying power and promote economic recovery.