Subject: S7-08-22: WebForm Comments from Erin Ashford
From: Erin Ashford
Affiliation: Concerned Retail Investor

Oct. 09, 2022



October 9, 2022

 As a concerned Retail Investor I have a hard time imagining why I would need to fight for more transparency in the market. But here we are. I wish I had the technical knowledge and understanding to make this sound eloquent but it boils down to: Any and all regulatory bodies set in place to help true free markets have failed everybody in the most spectacular ways. Everyone except the elite rich and hedge funds that have been allowed to take positions so extreme that it's put the economy at risk. Again. Hold them accountable for their actions and stop letting them get away with crime without consequences. Slapping a $10,000 fee after netting billions in profit due to illegal and very suspect activity routed through dark pools isn't enough. It's isn't anything. We need market transparency. We need it now more than ever

I beg you to do the right thing. Stop spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on smear campaigns for YouTube, stop hiring people that clearly have robust conflicts of interest. Do anything to protect retail investors. Start with robust and complete transparency. Maybe consider getting Hester Pence out of office as she loves to vote against anything related to transparency.