We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Let's create a regime that makes sale of bullets to anybody not licensed to carry a gun illegal, makes resale illegal, micro-stamps bullets so they can be traced. No Second Amendment issues here. This would have a remarkable impact on… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit. — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
The world has conducted a massive macro-economic experiment since the cataclysm of 2008. In Europe, the fans of austerity have had their chance, and… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
The reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. President Obama needs to put the right people in charge of… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
I view Al Jazeera as a very serious journalistic outfit. They have proven to observers around the world that they are serious and objective.… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
