1935年8月30日
President Franklin Roosevelt's Revenue Act, which aimed to take a cut out of the nation's fattest pocketbooks, was passed into law. Aptly referred to as the Wealth Tax Act, the legislation increased taxes on rich citizens and big business, while lowering taxes for small businesses. Though the taxes were a seeming boon to a nation mired in the Depression, they raised the hackles of business leaders and the wealthy elite. The president, himself a child of affluence, was branded a "traitor to his class," as well as a Communist. The Revenue Act hardly paved the way for a wholesale redistribution of wealth, but it did seek to rectify the imbalances in the American economy. "Our revenue laws have operated to the unfair advantage of the few," FDR reasoned when the act passed. "They have done little to prevent an unjust concentration of wealth and economic power."
1994年8月30日
Lockheed and Martin Marietta inked the paperwork on a merger that created one of the world's largest aerospace/defense companies. The newly formed Lockheed Martin Corporation had a taste for mergers, and continued to acquire other companies, including Loral and Unisys Defense.
2001年8月30日 财政部处罚十三家会计师事务所
为了坚决打击伪造、变造会计凭证、会计账簿和编制虚假财务会计报告等扰乱市场经济秩序的恶劣行径,近日,财政部会同有关部门对在2000年会计信息质量检查中查出的严重违反《会计法》、《注册会计师法》、《独立审计准则》的13家会计师事务所及21名相关注册会计师和16家企业的42名责任人进行了严肃处理。
2003年8月30日 券商可发债融资
中国证监会公布了《证券公司债券管理暂行办法》，规定证券公司经批准可以向社会公开发行或向合格机构投资者定向发行债券。该办法从2003年10月8日施行。
