house Bill H.R. 4168
Does the SEC Need to Consider Ways to Improve Small Businesses’ Access to Capital?
Argument in favor
The SEC ought to review the recommendations of an annual government-industry forum on small business capital formation. That way the SEC can assess ways to help small businesses grow and fuel economic growth.
02/01/2016
"Small business creates most of the new jobs in this country and it’s important that we do everything we can to help them." [sanders.senate.gov]
01/30/2016
Release the banks from government intervention. As banks and small business are squeezed with government regulations, available capital decreases. Unleash the Capital!
02/02/2016
Quite honestly government can make "no interest" loans to small businesses and we will all benefit from the process of investing in ourselves. Its time to end the Ponzi scheme which is Wall Street making everyone go into debt for everything. You cant build a future when the profits are being sucked out of the system.
Argument opposed
All this bill does is require the SEC to review the findings of a government-industry forum and announce what, if anything, it will do. It's doubtful that will lead to tangible actions that help small business.
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01/30/2016
This is not what I know the most about BUT it seems unnecessarily complex. Surely, there already exists within the SEC an office that does something very similar if not identical. If this bill is truly addressing a serious problem, why is it being introduced 8 years after the Bush administration crashed the global economy? It's hard to believe that no one noticed until 2016. The NAY is because this sounds like busy work.
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02/04/2016
Does Congress need to consider a way to do its own job without looking to backseat drive every other organization and agency in government??
03/29/2016
The SEC should be focused on performing its assigned duties--regulating the exchange of securities--and not wasting time with flailing attempts to pretend that it spends serious time considering its impacts on small business.
"Small business creates most of the new jobs in this country and it’s important that we do everything we can to help them." [sanders.senate.gov]
This is not what I know the most about BUT it seems unnecessarily complex. Surely, there already exists within the SEC an office that does something very similar if not identical. If this bill is truly addressing a serious problem, why is it being introduced 8 years after the Bush administration crashed the global economy? It's hard to believe that no one noticed until 2016. The NAY is because this sounds like busy work.
Does Congress need to consider a way to do its own job without looking to backseat drive every other organization and agency in government??
Release the banks from government intervention. As banks and small business are squeezed with government regulations, available capital decreases. Unleash the Capital!
I have owed small businesses most of my life but the capital is not available, there would be double the business start ups if they did
I thought we already had a similar bill of this nature. We need to stop stifling free enterprise at the grass roots.
Quite honestly government can make "no interest" loans to small businesses and we will all benefit from the process of investing in ourselves. Its time to end the Ponzi scheme which is Wall Street making everyone go into debt for everything. You cant build a future when the profits are being sucked out of the system.
I support this because small businesses contribute a tremendous amount to our economy and current measure don't go far enough to support small businesses.
I work for a small business and agree that they need to be supported to help our economy.
Our government was instituted for and of the people. But now with a Rogue Congress subverting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Laws are usurping our Blood-bought Freedoms and making us SERFS in our own home area. We are being TAXED for NOT having insurance, etc. And Now Obama...
A good idea but sounds canned and insincere coming from Hillary. Her "folksy" tale about her father insinuates that the government is actually going to care for the small businesses of America. Well guess what Hillary? My Dad was a small business owner, too. The government never did one GD thing for him. What he got, he earned, no thanks to the government which has for decades been held hostage by big business and the iron triangles.
This is not the function of the SEC. Plain and simple. This is a great idea in concept but this is COMPLETELY unrelated to the SEC and that simple fact would pretty much make this useless. The SEC has no power in the regard and anyone who believes they do is confused - I support the concept but not for this body. More effective implementation could be achieved through another regulatory body.
The SEC should be focused on performing its assigned duties--regulating the exchange of securities--and not wasting time with flailing attempts to pretend that it spends serious time considering its impacts on small business.
Imperfect access to capital markets has been a proven reason for rises in income inequality in other countries. We should make sure that we are doing everything we can to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit in America
Small businesses can use all the help they can get after 7 years of Obama's disastrous job killing policies. Recommendation #1, get the govt out of the way of business. No more cronyism, no more corporate welfare, and no more "too big to fail".
Most small businesses are outside of the Securities Exchange Commission purview to review and regulate publicly held companies and stock exchanges They have no particular organizational expertise in this area.
