On February 9, the Take On Wall Street project of Americans for Financial Reform, Americans for Tax Fairness, Communications Workers of America, and the Institute for Policy Studies hosted an informal Hill briefing on February 19 with experts, advocates, and workers to talk tax policy, lessons from the last tax bill, and proposals to take on Wall Street and raise revenue for the public services we all rely on by taxing CEO pay and stock buybacks.
Unfortunately to keep the conversation candid we edited out the Q&A, but we had a robust conversation with staffers who asked great questions. Watch to find out what you need to know about last time, and learn about proposals to use tax policy to crack down on excessive CEO pay and stock buybacks. For more on taxing CEO pay and stock buybacks, see our joint factsheet here.
Speakers:
- Sarah Anderson, Global Economy Director and Inequality.org Co-editor, Institute for Policy Studies
- John Foti, Deputy Executive Director and Legislative Director, Americans for Tax Fairness
- Elena Lopez, Deputy Legislative Director, Communications Workers of America (CWA)
- Porter McConnell, Senior Director of Take on Wall Street at Americans for Financial Reform (moderator)
- Natalia Renta, Associate Director for Corporate Governance and Power, Americans for Financial Reform
- Kier Cuadras, Former Investigator at Wells Fargo, Communications Workers of America (CWA)
- Plus special guests Richard Phillips of Senator Sanders office and Dan Smith Ruboss of Senator Whitehouse’s office
This event is part of a series of Take on Wall Street tax briefings for Hill staff.
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