Apr. 09, 2021
As a retail investor who is proud to participate actively in the financial systems in place, I believe strongly in pushing for a better regulated market that cannot be so easily manipulated. Thus, I am in favor of this rule. Put an end to the greed and unlawful actions of those who put the American dream at risk for the hardworking middle class. Do the right thing. I’m about to approach my 30th year of life, and I can’t help but look back on the past with some uneasiness. I watched my dad lose more than HALF of everything he had worked for in his fifty years when the housing market collapsed in 2008. In 2020 I sat on the rooftop of my apartment in Brooklyn listening to the howl of ambulances scrambling to save people from the deadly coronavirus. While people were literally dying left and right, hedge funds were profiting. We are tired. Beat. Humiliated. Confined. Constrained. No more. This rule could change the face of humanity. This rule could bring about a great restoration that for many of us middle class millennials, once thought impossible. Find it in yourselves to fight for the right thing. To fight for the people and not for institutions that have shown moral decay time and time again. When I look back at my history, I want to know I stood for what was right. The manipulation tactics that have brought companies crumbling to the ground, the big short that ruined so many lives.. put and end to the madness. This rule will be a part of a great movement towards shifting toward a more balanced, healthier economy for all. Thank you. - Christopher -- Young Mazino