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To: stockman_scott who wrote (36525)	8/23/2011 5:13:06 AM
From: Travis_Bickle	4 Recommendations Respond to of 119360

So basically you want to make it impossible to short stocks ...

To: stockman_scott who wrote (36525)	8/23/2011 11:46:00 AM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 119360

Lots of good ideas being ignored... dAK

To: stockman_scott who wrote (36525)	8/23/2011 11:57:34 AM
From: jmiller099	1 Recommendation Respond to of 119360

> 1. Immediately, reinstate the Up-Tick Rule. Not so bad. > 2. Crack down on naked short selling. Require stock certificate #’s when a short sale needs to be covered, including ETF’s. Good. > 3. Institute some rules on how the media ’reports’ news in order to prevent rumor-boarding. Not censorship… just sensibility & responsibility. Already happening. The media is always 'unexpecting' something. > 4. Pass a Wind-Fall Capital Gains Tax of 65% on ALL short sales not directly tied to a long buy by a regulated hedge fund! Just what is needed, more taxes. Let's tax the weather... and veggies. > 5. Have ALL ETF’s trade on a 20-minute delayed basis. Get these instruments of mass destruction back to what they were supposed to do: mimic mutual funds. NO pre or after market trading. Ridiculous. Overall, I'd grade it a C-.