Comments on: Join Us and Make Wall Street Pay http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/15/join-us-and-make-wall-street-pay/ News for working families Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Richiethemailman http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/15/join-us-and-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18223 Richiethemailman Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:56:19 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26707#comment-18223 Gern got it right about putting the 'banksters' in jail. The next order of business is to 'fire' the politicians who have been working for them for far too long, Dems and GOP's alike. We need to hire politicos who work for working class people, people who are REFLECTIVE of OURSELVES, because they ARE US, not SUITS! US LABOR PARTY. PUBLICLY FINANCED ELECTIONS. US LABOR PARTY!!!!!!!!! Gern got it right about putting the ‘banksters’ in jail. The next order of business is to ‘fire’ the politicians who have been working for them for far too long, Dems and GOP’s alike. We need to hire politicos who work for working class people, people who are REFLECTIVE of OURSELVES, because they ARE US, not SUITS! US LABOR PARTY. PUBLICLY FINANCED ELECTIONS. US LABOR PARTY!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: uscggmdv http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/15/join-us-and-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18172 uscggmdv Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:41:01 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26707#comment-18172 How bout putting another link on the side of these news letters fr the bothers and sisters out of work listing were there are uion job openings? Pehaps some of them will be willing to move. Perhaps some f tem would be will to transfer for a step up that may be across town and hey don't even know it. Lets us organize in what we do best, and get people to work with alitte help. Belive it or not we can more help our brothers and sistes in the finding of jobs that are open. Press our congressmen and senators into the conor to come out fighting for ONE poupouse.....the American Consitution. Democrate or Repulicn, step up to the plate for America!!! How bout putting another link on the side of these news letters fr the bothers and sisters out of work listing were there are uion job openings? Pehaps some of them will be willing to move. Perhaps some f tem would be will to transfer for a step up that may be across town and hey don’t even know it. Lets us organize in what we do best, and get people to work with alitte help. Belive it or not we can more help our brothers and sistes in the finding of jobs that are open. Press our congressmen and senators into the conor to come out fighting for ONE poupouse…..the American Consitution. Democrate or Repulicn, step up to the plate for America!!!

]]> By: Gern http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/15/join-us-and-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18165 Gern Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:03:31 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26707#comment-18165 Nationalise the banks! Fire the Wall street gangs and put them on trial for endangering our national economic security! Then put them in jail. All the money will still be there. Then we can start over. Nationalise the banks! Fire the Wall street gangs and put them on trial for endangering our national economic security! Then put them in jail. All the money will still be there. Then we can start over.

]]> By: cow town http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/15/join-us-and-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18150 cow town Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:17:34 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26707#comment-18150 Your transaction tax idea is a tax on pension funds, mutual funds, and other investments that many of us count on for retirement Wall Street. Your transaction tax idea is a tax on pension funds, mutual funds, and other investments that many of us count on for retirement Wall Street.

]]> By: Joe6P@ck http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/15/join-us-and-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18149 Joe6P@ck Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:32:51 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26707#comment-18149 It is not just Wall Street that should pay; it is also the heartless corporations who pit American workers against those in third world countries where workers are paid starvation wages; and provisions in the trade agreements which were designed to protect the standard of living for workers in all countries( the right to collectively bargain for better pay and working conditions, etc.) routinely go un-enforced. Representative Peter DeFazio of Oregon had introduced a bill to Congress back in April of ‘09 called “H.R. 1875 Emergency Commission to End The Trade Deficit” which would, among other things, actually enforce all of the rules in the existing trade agreements, thereby making it much more difficult for American companies to pay substandard wages to workers overseas. The bill was submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee in April of 2009 and not much has been done about it since. So my suggestion to the readers of this blog is to contact The House Ways and Means Comittee and/or their elected representative and urge them to get moving on this bill and others like it. http://waysandmeans.house.gov/singlepages.aspx?NewsID=10470 Or, if you wold prefer to contact your elected representative directly: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/ It is not just Wall Street that should pay; it is also the heartless corporations who pit American workers against those in third world countries where workers are paid starvation wages; and provisions in the trade agreements which were designed to protect the standard of living for workers in all countries( the right to collectively bargain for better pay and working conditions, etc.) routinely go un-enforced.

Representative Peter DeFazio of Oregon had introduced a bill to Congress back in April of ‘09 called “H.R. 1875 Emergency Commission to End The Trade Deficit” which would, among other things, actually enforce all of the rules in the existing trade agreements, thereby making it much more difficult for American companies to pay substandard wages to workers overseas. The bill was submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee in April of 2009 and not much has been done about it since. So my suggestion to the readers of this blog is to contact The House Ways and Means Comittee and/or their elected representative and urge them to get moving on this bill and others like it.

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/singlepages.aspx?NewsID=10470

Or, if you wold prefer to contact your elected representative directly:

http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

]]> By: uscggmdv http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/15/join-us-and-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18147 uscggmdv Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:55:34 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26707#comment-18147 I do not believe it is up to the banks. The Banks are holding the money from the government , that goes to the states to create the jobs. The government and the States are the ones to release the money and get the contracts to rebuild the infrastrcture of the country, that WILL spur the economy. Rally at the heart of the problem,,, The States and the Capital get the construction company to sumitt estimates on rebuilding the Bridgesm railroads, ports, highways, Parks. Don't get hung up on the middle man, go to the heart of the problem. Washington, and the States!! I do not believe it is up to the banks. The Banks are holding the money from the government , that goes to the states to create the jobs. The government and the States are the ones to release the money and get the contracts to rebuild the infrastrcture of the country, that WILL spur the economy. Rally at the heart of the problem,,, The States and the Capital get the construction company to sumitt estimates on rebuilding the Bridgesm railroads, ports, highways, Parks. Don’t get hung up on the middle man, go to the heart of the problem. Washington, and the States!!

]]> By: michhunter http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/15/join-us-and-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18146 michhunter Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:44:57 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26707#comment-18146 If the AFL-CIO is so interested in making Wall Street pay, why have affiliates given $43,000 to Thad McCotter, who makes all the right noises about TARP and Wall Street bailouts, but consistently votes against taxing the rich for any reason? He has an viable opponent in Natalie Mosher, who believes that the rich should pay their fare share again, as they did during the Eisenhower years (when coincidentally, private unionization was at its peak). It's time for the federation to put its campaign funding behind someone who will support them 100%, not 30. If the AFL-CIO is so interested in making Wall Street pay, why have affiliates given $43,000 to Thad McCotter, who makes all the right noises about TARP and Wall Street bailouts, but consistently votes against taxing the rich for any reason? He has an viable opponent in Natalie Mosher, who believes that the rich should pay their fare share again, as they did during the Eisenhower years (when coincidentally, private unionization was at its peak). It’s time for the federation to put its campaign funding behind someone who will support them 100%, not 30.

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