Dear Fellow Americans, I am writing this letter not only as an unrelenting advocate for Wall Street reform, but more poignantly as a concerned citizen and a devoted mother of two young children. Like me, my parents before me and my grandparents before them, I want to see my children grow up in a prospering […]
How Facebook’s IPO Exemplifies the Injustice in the Financial Markets
I am dismayed by the number of pundits, legislators and organizations, claiming to be “small investor advocates”, who misrepresent the JOBS Act as another piece of legislation favoring the Wall Street establishment. The truth is the JOBS Act invites competition from both smaller financial service firms and investors which will in turn de-monopolize our capital […]
Is The New York Times Trying to Socialize Wall Street?
The New York Times came out with an article yesterday that caused me to seriously question the publication’s true allegiance. The piece, written by Andrew Ross Sorkin and titled, “JOBS Act Jeopardizes Safety Net For Investors”, uses Groupon’s current woes as an excuse to denounce the overwhelmingly bipartisan jobs bill just days before Obama is […]
The JOBS Act – It’s not Just a Bill, It is Our Children’s Future
“We The People” applaud our Senate for overcoming partisanship and passing a bill that will help get our economy moving again. The JOBS Act which had passed the House by an overwhelming bipartisan majority a few weeks ago passed the Senate yesterday by a vote of 73-26, albeit with a number of amendments that would […]
Bipartisanship Prevails for Job Creation
Long before Wall Street turned into a campground it was like a dependable machine that kept capital flowing to our greatest job creators – America’s small businesses. At the heart of the system was the Nasdaq engine that transformed sheer innovation into economic prosperity for an entire nation. Regrettably, a combination of over-regulation and greed […]