Subject: File No. S7-02-10
From: Steve Thill

December 16, 2011

While the rest of us TAXPAYERS/VOTERS who have earned enough to invest it are LOSING EVERYTHING thanks to your IGNORANCE and complacency, I was wondering what the SEC even does that matters to an average investor?
WHEN are you going to do something to stifle HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING and eliminate ridiculous LEVERAGED ETF's?
WHERE IS THE UPTICK RULE FOR STABILITY IN THE MARKET?
You guys are asleep at the wheel.  You do nothing unless it can bring in a fine or prison sentence from some crooked executive that the average investor could care less about.  WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR PURPOSE FOR EXISTENCE?  Maybe that should be reviewed.  Are you not supposed to help protect the average investor?  It seems everything favors the king brokerages and snakey high frequency blood suckers.
DO YOUR JOB!
UPTICK RULE!
UPTICK RULE!
UPTICK RULE!
Ban high frequency trading!  It does NOTHING GOOD!
ELIMINATE LEVERAGED ETF's!  They are NOT NECESSARY!!!
and BAN LOBBYISTS that push this crap on us as "tools and products"!

Steve Thill