As discussions about the federal budget abound, political pundits are wrongly seeking out new taxes. One misguided proposal is a U.S. financial transaction tax, which would likely apply to trading ...

Capitol Hill Democrats introduced legislation today that would impose a tax on financial transactions in order to curb high-frequency trading and force Wall Street to contribute a bigger share to the ...

Leading GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee have introduced legislation to block states from imposing financial transaction taxes (FTTs) on stock exchanges and broker-dealers. The ...

I’m writing about “Follow Kansas City in raising the minimum wage” by Kevin Madden (July 26) suggesting that raising the minimum wage in St. Louis to $13 per hour would be “the moral thing to do.” I ...