Subject: File No. S7-08-22
From: Adam Beherns
Affiliation: Engineer

March 14, 2022

Its great you are trying to get a handle on short interest. Right now you are literally letting rich people steal and offering them fines for punishment.

EVERY SHORT POSITION NEEDS TO BE REPORTED Its a sale and every sale should be public. We talking enough money is being shorted to effect the price, imagine taking out a bet and the bigger the bet the more likely you are to win?

And if you get caught stealing you only lose some of your winnings ABSOLUTLY INSANE YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA SIT HERE AND TAKE IT ON THE CHIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN

Ban dark pools, ban payment for order flow, decreasing clearing times. REPORT THINGS TO THE FBI AND DOJ AND SECRET SERVICE IN LIEU OF FINES

Absolutely a joke to the financial world this behavior. Please pass any rule that gives more transparency.

Anyone trying to defend short selling is making money by hurting real companies. This is supposed to be the peoples market also.