Subject: File No. S7-08-22
From: Kevin B
Affiliation: Retail investor

March 14, 2022

We need more transparent markets. For the better of America, and world economy.

Short selling should NOT be allowed to be self-reported. Ever. There is no transparency in that. No trust in that. Scouts honor is not a reporting measure.

Taking a short position is a bet against America, and a bet against our economys growth.

Please ban short selling, or at bare minimum make it illegal to self report numbers. We need checks and balances, and right now, I dont feel that we have these in our markets.