Martin O'Malley (Jobs and Business Policy)

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)