Quote Originally Posted by BettingGeek View Post
What's the big deal?

The US ban short selling on financial stocks before ... If the U.S.A could do it, any country could do it
It was wrong too and accomplished nothing. Bear, Lehman, Countrywide, Wachovia, and all the rest were going down regardless.

Why not ban long buying? Why all the discussion about the uptick rule on short selling but nothing about the downtick rule on long buying? Nothing but hypocrisy.