Martin O'Malley (Jobs and Business Policy)
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O'Malley's Jobs and Business Policy (section page)
Wages
- Reach wage growth of 4% annually by 2018 (MOW-1)
- Increase number of families with adequate retirement savings by 50% within 8 years (MOW-1)
- Cut the pay gap between full-time men and women workers in half by 2025 through paycheck fairness laws, strong family leave policies, and expanded access to quality, affordable healthcare (MOW-1)
- Increase the minimum wage and protect rights of all workers to organize and collectively bargain for better wages (OTI)
Unemployment
- Cut the unemployment rate among young people in half within 3 years (MOW-1)
- Reach full employment for American veterans by 2020 (MOW-4)
- Extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless (OTI)
Wall Street Reform
- Require banks to separate commercial and speculative banking within 5 years (MOW-FR)
- Ensure key political appointees are independent of Wall Street (MOW-FR)
- Close the regulator/prosecutor revolving door (MOW-FR)
- Institute a three-year revolving door ban
- Institute an additional three-year mandatory disclosure rule
- Immediately double funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (MOW-FR)
- Elevate focus on economic crimes at the Department of Justice (MOW-FR)
- Create a standalone Economic Crimes Division
- Immediately reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act and end "too big to fail" (MOW-FR)
- Implement a financial transaction tax to limit high-frequency trading (MOW-FR)
Competition and Anti-trust
- Restore competition and anti-trust laws, taking action within one year in office (MOW-14)
