Marching downtown Saint Paul, union nurses call for a tax on Wall Street

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Workday Minnesota

By Michael Moore,

ST. PAUL - The movement to hold Wall Street accountable for tanking the U.S. economy spread to downtown Saint Paul, as more than 100 delegates to the Minnesota Nurses Association’s convention marched Tuesday to raise awareness of the union’s plan to “heal” Main Street with a tax on Wall Street.

The nurses marched along Wabasha Street during rush hour, carrying banker-themed Halloween masks and signs supporting National Nurses United’s plan to reign in Wall Street, dubbed The Main Street Contract for America.

Put forth by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses’ union, the Main Street Contract’s centerpiece is the Financial Transaction Tax, a 0.5 percent tax on Wall Street trades. Nurses say such a tax would help curb the reckless, computer-driven trades made by bankers seeking high-volume, short-term profits in 2008, contributing to the country’s financial meltdown.

The transaction tax could generate as much as $350 billion annually. Nurses want to see that revenue invested in public services – like health care coverage for the poor – and job creation.

Read more: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_5024

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Registered nurses say a tax on Wall Street greed could improve health care in America.

Photo by Michael Moore

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3. K&R You nurses are the best!!!

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4. "The movement to hold Wall Street accountable for tanking the U.S. economy"

And you know, it shouldn't require a movement for Wall St. to be held accountable.

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5. Wall Street needs to understand what 'fair share' means

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6. K&R

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7. K&R

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8. these would work better if they went by the local limbaugh station that's been calling them parasite

s for 20 years, putting down all unions.

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9. Good on them.

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10. Go nurses! Love seeing them march on Broadway in NYC.

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11. Nurses are da best!

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12. Kick...nt