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S.897: Bank On Students Loan Fairness Act

UFAA urgently supports S.897, Sen Elizabeth Warren's "Bank on Students" Loan Fairness Act, mandating that the Federal Reserve provide 0.75% credit for federal student loans (Stafford loans) via the US Department of Education. Aside from the substantial benefits in interest savings to American students, this is crucially the first major bill to force the Fed to provide cheap credit for a social good. If passed, Bank On Students will open the floodgates for an era of cheap, long-term federal credit for productive and socially necessary purposes.

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Nationalize the Federal Reserve

2013 is the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve System. The credit and currency of the United States is controlled by a clique of private banks, from whom Congress must borrow funds to meet the needs of the budget. These powers must be seized and nationalized, and the Treasury restored from the pathetic tradition of Federal borrowing for bailouts and war to the proud tradition of Federal lending for production.

Economic recovery is – and is only – possible by lending cheap, long-term Federal credit for infrastructure, industry, agriculture and Main Street.

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1% Wall Street Sales Tax

Who will pay for the depression – American working families or Wall Street speculators? We demand a full 1% Wall Street Sales Tax on stocks, bonds, futures and other securities. This tax is a bridge to recovery – both reducing the burden of financial speculation on the real economy, and providing the revenue needed to maintain social programs.

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Posted Wed, May 8, 2013 Author: Webster Tarpley

UFAA Supports Elizabeth Warren's Bank on Students Bill

In historic breakthrough, Mass. Sen. Elizabeth Warren offers bill to force the Federal Reserve to finance student loans at 0.75% with no cost to taxpayers; measure embodies principles needed for US economic recovery from current depression.

Posted Sun, January 20, 2013 Author: admin

UFAA Brings Wall Street Sales Tax to Washington DC Mall on Eve of Inauguration

Webster Tarpley led a contingent of UFAA activists in various interventions in Washington DC leading up to inauguration day. The highlight of the weekend was UFAA's scene-stealing appearance on CNN, where a live broadcast was interrupted for over 30 minutes by a sign demanding the 1% Wall Street Sales Tax.

HR.1979 (Bank On Students) killed in committee

The House Education and Workforce Committee, chaired by John Kline (R, MN-2), has rejected HR.1979, the Bank On Students Loan Fairness Act (Tierney). This bill, still alive in the Senate, would force the Federal Reserve to refinance Federal Stafford Loans at 0.75%.

Posted Mon, May 20, 2013 Author: admin

An Influential Fed Governor Sees Permanent Joblessness – and Offers a Poisonous Prescription of More Secret Bailouts

Officially, unemployment in America stands at 7.6%, its lowest level in 4 years. Unofficially, the statistics are much worse.

Posted Sun, April 28, 2013 Author: Clark Matthews

To Rebuild America's Infrastructure, Stop Spending and Start Lending!

We need $3.6 trillion to fix America's infrastructure. The policy of federal lending, as distinct from federal spending, can be used to kickstart a national economic recovery.

Posted Tue, April 16, 2013 Author: admin

NYC Fast Food Workers Make Play to Become Labor’s Vanguard

Posted Sat, April 6, 2013 Author: Adam Rodriguez

Wall Street Sales Tax: Sign the Petition, Take Back the Airwaves!

Now that we're over the so-called "fiscal cliff," Wall Street and Washington are seeking to up the ante with more killer cuts. Help us put a 1% Wall Street Sales Tax on the table! wh.gov/ARGi

Posted Mon, April 1, 2013 Author: admin

Brutal austerity measures paint disturbing picture of US economy

Austerity psychosis grips this capital, as the US government lurches from fiscal cliff to sequester and soon from budget resolution to debt ceiling.

Continued at PressTV ›

Posted Sun, March 10, 2013 Author: Webster Tarpley

No To Austerity With The 1% Wall Street Sales Tax

Rather than get bullied into budget cuts as pushed by politicians on both side of the aisle, it is high time that we the people come together and demonstrate the leadership that is lacking in the present political charade. This means one initial message: Make Wall Street Pay!

Continued at OpEd News ›

Posted Wed, March 6, 2013 Author: Bruce Marshall

The Case For The 1% Wall Street Sales Tax

Brandon Turbeville of Activist Post analyzes the current political situation, and makes a detailed and convincing case for the 1% Wall Street Sales Tax.

Continued at Activist Post

Posted Tue, February 26, 2013 Author: admin

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Organizing Reports

Medicaid Supporters Rally at Nebraska State Capitol and UFAA Intervenes

Lincoln NE, May 15, 2013 - UFAA supporters and activists intervened at a rally in Nebraska's capitol, held to drum up support for a proposal to expand Medicaid coverage to an additional 54,000 in the state.

UFAA Supports Native American And Grassroots Rural Groups

January 28, 2013, Lincoln, NE - United Front Against Austerity (UFAA) activists and supporters held signs, passed out flyers, and rallied in support of organizing groups, Idle No More and Bold Nebraska, at the rally outside the Capitol Building in Lincoln.

UFAA Joins Nebraska Youth Rally and March for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Lincoln, NE, Janurary 21 – Activists from the Midwest United Front Against Austerity (UFAA) chapter in Lincoln marched with admirers of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in recognition of the civil rights leader, sharing information and good humor on the holiday named after the American hero.

Recent Downloads

Student Debt Relief

A 1-page flyer in support of Bank On Students, prepared by UFAA NYC. A very catchy graphic, and has space on the bottom to substitute your senators' names.

Student Debt Relief Leaflet.pdf

Bank On Students – General Use Flyer

A 1-page flyer introducing S.897, Elizabeth Warren's Bank On Students Loan Fairness Act. This should be used for general audiences, for email forwards, social media, etc.

bank-on-students-leaflet2.pdf

Bank On Students: Student Mobilization

Emancipate yourself from debt slavery! Get active on campus for S.897, Sen. Elizabeth Warren's bill to use the Federal Reserve to refinance student loans at 0.75%.

bank-on-students_leaflet.pdf