WashingtonWatch.com - Comments for H.R. 302, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule on short sales of securities http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 Comment by Fractal Kid (April 8, 2009, 12:03:35) http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_302.html#55871 All they need to do is prohibit naked short selling. The ability to gamble with no money down is exactly the same thing that is at the root of all of the excesses on Wall St., from MBSs (remember those? they seem like a widow's and orphan's thing now) to CDSs (AIG's "nuclear option").... 55871@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:03:35 EDT