Deborah Nichols Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
I oppose restricting my right to invest
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I oppose restricting my right to invest
I oppose the language in this proposal. It's systemically exclusionary and creates too high a hurdle for anyone with the will and gumption to go after whatever investments they do choose. As long as anyone can vote. And corporations can have political "voice"- even the less than capable can participate on all levels of an open market.
This is ridiculous these financial regulations are even being considered. I should be able to choose my own investments. Not enough people are taking advantage of these investment options already, not enough people are prepared for retirement, and you just want to make it harder. Its like you want the wealth gap to grow even more.
These literacy tests remind me of those required to vote and we all know their true purpose. I should be able to make my own financial decisions, not you. I am capable of understanding risks on my own and do not want or need this regulation.
We lived in a free market society, if I or anyone else wants to risk our money on investments the government should not be able to decide who has the opportunity to do so.
I feel I should be able to to choose what public investments work for me. Leveraged investments have worked for me in the past. Please leave regulators out of the process.
I live in rural Pennsylvania, and I will be the first to admit that I have no idea how investing works. However, the mere suggestion that ordinary people should have to take additional measures, such as passing a literacy test, in order to invest their hard-earned money makes me furious. The United States is built on the idea of freedom, which includes a free market.
I find it strange that in the land of freedom, we seem to have It is the US Government that is becoming more of a hinderance to people developing wealth than any other obstacle. Please return our rights back to us.
I am opposite limitations on my ability to buy any ProShares funds. It is not FINRA business.
I oppose restrictions on my right to invest. I have the right to choose for myself, and my family without public securities. As it is my money, I should be able to calculate risk and reward for myself.