Stop The Repeal of Federal Preemption of Reg D Securities Offerings Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-the-repeal-of-federal-preemption-of-reg-d-securities-offerings.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:17 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Jennifer Colosi [Signature #1213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10936034?utm_medium=rss This country should be SUPPORTING small business who's best avenue for funding is the angel investor.

]]> Mon, 1 Aug 2011 09:56:49 UTC 10936034 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10059952?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:41:19 UTC 10059952 mrs lauren slonaker [Signature #1211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8709050?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:50:16 UTC 8709050 Scott Larson [Signature #1210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8555922?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:12:58 UTC 8555922 Dr Mark Richardson [Signature #1209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8486760?utm_medium=rss Changing the accredited investor rules will wipe out a large fraction of the angel investor population and do untold damage to the US' entrepreneurial base. This is 180 degrees the wrong direction in a depression.

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:49:53 UTC 8486760 Mr. Ivan Collins [Signature #1208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8269590?utm_medium=rss This bill sounds like its going to help big players control the investment market a lot more than it will protect potential investors from being manipulated.

]]> Mon, 2 Aug 2010 06:22:44 UTC 8269590 Anonymous [Signature #1207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8245721?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:12:24 UTC 8245721 Ravi Kamdar [Signature #1206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8144968?utm_medium=rss It's simple: Start ups create jobs and senators are ruining it. Have they even read the document?

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:59:46 UTC 8144968 Mr. Josh Eikov [Signature #1205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8066045?utm_medium=rss Small business is what drives the foundation of America. It just seems like common sense to make it easier to give small business access to angel and startup capital rather then make it more difficult. Please do not pass this legislation.

]]> Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:45:28 UTC 8066045 Benjamin Buckman [Signature #1204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7908221?utm_medium=rss I am an entrepreneur and this issue is very important to me. These provisions are not related to the financial crisis and should be amended.

]]> Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:33:11 UTC 7908221 Mr Jay Goldblatt [Signature #1203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7902177?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:30:01 UTC 7902177 Robert A. Green [Signature #1202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7849855?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Jun 2010 02:25:11 UTC 7849855 Anonymous [Signature #1201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7843981?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Jun 2010 02:10:27 UTC 7843981 MS Lynda Schultz [Signature #1200] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7784524?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 May 2010 11:09:01 UTC 7784524 Ms Kimberly Murrell [Signature #1199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7759096?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 May 2010 11:32:12 UTC 7759096 Mr Jose Leos [Signature #1198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7718240?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 May 2010 07:41:42 UTC 7718240 Kirk McMurray [Signature #1197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7717344?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 May 2010 04:58:14 UTC 7717344 Rohit Chandra [Signature #1196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7696741?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 May 2010 12:38:50 UTC 7696741 Ms Trudi Schifter [Signature #1195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7671346?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 May 2010 01:16:07 UTC 7671346 Ms Irene Tamaru [Signature #1194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7647985?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 May 2010 03:58:41 UTC 7647985 Anonymous [Signature #1193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7645201?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 May 2010 12:06:15 UTC 7645201 Prof. Richard Voyles [Signature #1192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7643881?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 May 2010 10:44:33 UTC 7643881 Travis Centers [Signature #1191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7607975?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 May 2010 08:20:44 UTC 7607975 Paul Kaler [Signature #1190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7594655?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 May 2010 09:37:23 UTC 7594655 Mr. Gerald Adler [Signature #1189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7583830?utm_medium=rss The Dodd Amendment to Regulation D will relegate the raising of capital (debt or equity) to the dark ages.

]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 04:53:28 UTC 7583830 Anonymous [Signature #1188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7583079?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 May 2010 03:58:32 UTC 7583079 Helen Franco [Signature #1187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7572219?utm_medium=rss Blue Sky laws were good for lawyers but bad for entrepreneurs. Congress passed NSMIA to preempt them in 1996 and should not back-track in 2010.

]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 06:35:19 UTC 7572219 Dr. Ivan Ruzic [Signature #1186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7569760?utm_medium=rss What an abomination of a bill

]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 01:50:55 UTC 7569760 Mike Bachand [Signature #1185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7543533?utm_medium=rss Raising the accredited investor standards is just plain dumb. We need every engine running hard to exit this recession.

]]> Fri, 7 May 2010 11:32:27 UTC 7543533 Anonymous [Signature #1184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7539727?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 May 2010 08:42:27 UTC 7539727 Mr. Louis Perna [Signature #1183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7537364?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 May 2010 02:54:54 UTC 7537364 Mr. Ron Richey [Signature #1182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7534130?utm_medium=rss What kind of fool would propose any regulatory change that would stifle new business? Especially now! Senator Dodd, please prove to us that you are not such a fool, by backing completely away from this inane action.

]]> Thu, 6 May 2010 08:18:48 UTC 7534130 Mr Bradley Cater [Signature #1181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7533918?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 May 2010 07:46:44 UTC 7533918 MR Gary Voss [Signature #1180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7532726?utm_medium=rss It's difficult as it is to translate what we already have on the books, so why complicate matters moreso?

]]> Thu, 6 May 2010 03:22:52 UTC 7532726 Ms Kathy Odell [Signature #1179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7532353?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 May 2010 01:21:03 UTC 7532353 Mr. Joshua Schwarzapel [Signature #1178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7526979?utm_medium=rss Based on my experience as an entrepreneur, I believe the restrictions in the Dodd bill targeting angel investmentors and startups will slow down innovation and job creation in Silicon Valley and the country at large, especially the need for startup companies to register with the SEC, and the increased limits on accredited investors.

I am a cofounder of a startup, Cooliris, that has created 100s of jobs over the last four years.

Best,

Josh Schwarzapel
Cooliris, Cofounder

]]> Wed, 5 May 2010 01:46:37 UTC 7526979 mr James Erkmann [Signature #1177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7525386?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 May 2010 10:51:01 UTC 7525386 Mr Michael Lee [Signature #1176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7515158?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 May 2010 03:24:54 UTC 7515158 Sharon Lidman [Signature #1175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7513573?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 May 2010 12:15:38 UTC 7513573 Gregory Mockett [Signature #1174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7513050?utm_medium=rss I am not tremendously opposed to "updating" the accredited investor criteria, but am hugely opposed to requiring SEC regulations (not the least objection comes from their apparent impotence in regulating what is already on their plate) and registration of Reg D raises. This is simply assinign!!! This, with a waiting period of any length) will literally KILL small business in this country. Registering AFTER the fact as we do anyway in several states might serve this purpose and actually help.

]]> Tue, 4 May 2010 11:14:17 UTC 7513050 JD John Merchant [Signature #1173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7512880?utm_medium=rss Dear Senator

Please leave current laws unchanged re "Angel Investing"as the commercial investors' world can police itself w/o more government help or interference...a flake or con is soon unmasked and gone.

With laws left as-is, lots more worthwhile projects will happen, which USA badly needs.

We need those much more than we need additional Federal interference in our lives.

]]> Tue, 4 May 2010 10:54:25 UTC 7512880 andrea bierschenk [Signature #1172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7512675?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 May 2010 10:35:45 UTC 7512675 Mr Mike Lebus [Signature #1171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7512646?utm_medium=rss I run Angel Investment Network Ltd and do not understand why anyone would want to make these changes. If anything, the government should be making it easier for start-ups to raise funding and for angels to invest. SME's are the cornerstone of any economy in the world and should be given the government'f full support.

]]> Tue, 4 May 2010 10:32:59 UTC 7512646 Mr F. James Harter [Signature #1170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7512642?utm_medium=rss Registering with the SEC to raise funds is not a good choice for entrepreneurs trying to raise enough capitol to start a company. Killing entrepreneurial efforts will move all kinds of businesses off shore and or starve the life blood of business start-ups. Instead of setting a wealth limit to make an investment all investors should sign a document of understanding with SEC terminology disclosing what they are getting into.

]]> Tue, 4 May 2010 10:32:40 UTC 7512642 Mrs Holly Ricke [Signature #1169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7505918?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 May 2010 01:54:50 UTC 7505918 Mr. Aditya Kothadiya [Signature #1168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7505486?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 May 2010 12:53:19 UTC 7505486 Swapnil Shinde [Signature #1167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7504788?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 May 2010 11:10:29 UTC 7504788 Sushil Choudhari [Signature #1166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7504691?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 May 2010 10:55:47 UTC 7504691 Mr Christian Putnam [Signature #1165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7502000?utm_medium=rss This provision will destroy tech start ups.

]]> Mon, 3 May 2010 01:30:17 UTC 7502000 Dr Gunter Hofmann [Signature #1164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7494313?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 May 2010 10:31:47 UTC 7494313 Anonymous [Signature #1163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7492405?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 May 2010 04:08:18 UTC 7492405 Dani Gray [Signature #1162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7491042?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 May 2010 12:52:21 UTC 7491042 Robert Weaver [Signature #1161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7466261?utm_medium=rss Also stop 120 day filing review and accredited investor requirements.

]]> Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:02:41 UTC 7466261 Mrs. Lois Hofmann [Signature #1160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7463750?utm_medium=rss Reg D helped our biotech company, Genetronics, Inc. to obtain financing. Dodd's bill kills entrepreneurship as we know it.

]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:15:03 UTC 7463750 Mr. Jordan Green [Signature #1159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7462806?utm_medium=rss We should be passing rules and promulgating reguations that encourage start-ups and their access to financing - new business formation is the best engine to get America back on its economic footing.

]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:37:34 UTC 7462806 Mr. Paul DeMars [Signature #1158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7462294?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:14:23 UTC 7462294 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7461615?utm_medium=rss This bill will hurt economic recovery in US and is yet another attempt to destroy private initiative in this country for the purpose of forcing people to rely more on the government.

]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:47:41 UTC 7461615 Mr. Chuck Souder [Signature #1156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7460172?utm_medium=rss Severely restricting the number of individual investors by raising the Accredited Investor threshold to $2.2M from $1M is absolutely not in keeping with President Obama's claim that he and this Congress are here to STIMULATE the U.S. economy. I have invested in a number of 'green energy' projects, in keeping with another of Obama's advertised efforts, but would no longer be able to participate if the AI threshold is so drastically raised. This is NOT common sense please defeat this proposal now!

]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:45:13 UTC 7460172 Mr. Todd Williams [Signature #1155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7453429?utm_medium=rss We syndicate affordable housing tax credits to investors via Reg D offerings. Changes to Reg D would deter the development of affordable housing and prevent over-taxed American's from the same form of relief Big Corporations receive from purchasing Tax Credits.

]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:50:50 UTC 7453429 Anonymous [Signature #1154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7453356?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:37:05 UTC 7453356 Noah Norman [Signature #1153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7452537?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:19:11 UTC 7452537 Mr William Connor [Signature #1152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7451375?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:38:36 UTC 7451375 Mr Alan McGregor [Signature #1151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7450839?utm_medium=rss Retain the current law as it applies to accredited investors.

]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:06:06 UTC 7450839 Mr. Michael Kolowich [Signature #1150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7450463?utm_medium=rss If these provisions were in place earlier this year, our company, KnowledgeVision Systems, would not exist and we would not be hiring new employees at this moment.

]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:21:25 UTC 7450463 Mr. Rusty Schmidt [Signature #1149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7448869?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:58:28 UTC 7448869 Mr. Robert Cole [Signature #1148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7448608?utm_medium=rss I find Section 926 of the proposed financial reform bill troubling. In trying to create new businesses, I find it very difficult to identify a number of accreted investors to fund small rural companies. With this bill, the pool of investors will be even smaller. The companies I help create depend on a large number of investors investing smaller amount of dollars rather than a few large investor invest large sums of money. I am an advocate of local people investing in their local companies.

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:15:16 UTC 7448608 Craig Mordock [Signature #1147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7447368?utm_medium=rss Angel and startup financing is one of the key pillars of the US economy and is critical to support and promote innovation. There is no evidence that the current regulatory environment poses unacceptable risk to investors or the broader economy. These changes will stifle innovation and send it overseas. Please consider the real impact of this legislation.

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:49:53 UTC 7447368 Mr. Sterling Young [Signature #1146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7447134?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:14:16 UTC 7447134 Keith Gelder [Signature #1145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7447081?utm_medium=rss Choking off small investor financing will choke off economic growth. I don't consider more government jobs as economic growth.

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:03:13 UTC 7447081 Gary Loos [Signature #1144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7446597?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:52:48 UTC 7446597 Anonymous [Signature #1143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7445367?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:08:51 UTC 7445367 Mr. Greg Hribar [Signature #1142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7445277?utm_medium=rss The provision is the antidote to risk taking-- it needs an immediate and permanent death

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:57:21 UTC 7445277 Mr. Michael Perfit [Signature #1141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7444768?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:47 UTC 7444768 Mr Brian Haskel [Signature #1140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7444715?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:54:47 UTC 7444715 Reid Godbolt [Signature #1139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7444315?utm_medium=rss This proposal is a sure fire way to choke off linancing for small businesses and is over handed big bureaucracy on efficient financing.

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:57:40 UTC 7444315 Mr Benjamin Rollins [Signature #1138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7443862?utm_medium=rss If this legislation passes as is, then US angel investing will be decimated.

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:57:42 UTC 7443862 Mr William Foster [Signature #1137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7443813?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:48:58 UTC 7443813 Mr. Chris Baggott [Signature #1136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7443684?utm_medium=rss In 2000 I was bankrupt from a previous business that depended on debt financing. From those ashes we started ExactTarget which was funded through a large number of accredited investors each contributing a small amount. There is a common perception that Angels write big checks, it's much more common to have many write small checks. Our smallest investors contributed $5,000. Today ExactTarget employ's over 650 people and has spawned several other startups including Compendium. All funded.

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:23:43 UTC 7443684 Dr. Shawn Carbonell [Signature #1135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7443456?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:33:55 UTC 7443456 Mr. Allen Yang [Signature #1134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7443277?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:50:35 UTC 7443277 Mr. John Wilczak [Signature #1133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7442152?utm_medium=rss Small business start ups and Reg D capital formation are building blocks of our economy...This wrong headed move to dramatically alter and diminish access to capital for new companies is nothing less than CRAZY!...From the same guy who pushed Fannie and Freddie over the edge and took the "Angelo's Friends" low cost mortgage money from Countrywide...I guess Dodd can't leave without trying to do more harm to our economy. Duh!

]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:55:44 UTC 7442152 Dr. Mark Chionis [Signature #1132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7441310?utm_medium=rss Changing the definition and upping requirements for an "Accredited Investor" will severely hurt angel investing, private placements and small investment funds.

]]> Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:23:28 UTC 7441310 Lee Jackson [Signature #1131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7439205?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:24:12 UTC 7439205 mark brenner [Signature #1130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7439153?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:10:11 UTC 7439153 Anonymous [Signature #1129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7438724?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:29:42 UTC 7438724 Mr. David Cannon [Signature #1128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7438502?utm_medium=rss I've been a small business owner for 20 of the last 28 years and I'm still raising angel capital for my dairy-based "healthier" frozen treat CPG. The proposed bill will hurt so many budding and accomplished entrepreneurs. Please keep access to angel capital open and allow the invesotrs and market determine who wins & loses. I beg you not to enact a very poor piece of legislative reform that destroys...not creates new businesses and jobs. THANK YOU!

]]> Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:33:57 UTC 7438502 Mr Johnnie Sims [Signature #1127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7438490?utm_medium=rss As stated small business do need Angel invester's to help with startup of new capitalist ventures it is hard enough to sustain funding from banks not willing to invest in the future of our crippling economy why should one have to wait 120 days on processes when small businesses are build in very short periods.I am a new eutreprenuer with several community components and are having a very hard time finding investers to commit,tried several banks not willing to fund programs such as substanceabuse

]]> Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:30:34 UTC 7438490 Anonymous [Signature #1126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7437725?utm_medium=rss Under the current law the companies which I have helped start have created more than 2,000 jobs. If the proposed changes to angel investing had been in place none of these would have happened.

]]> Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:00:06 UTC 7437725 Mr. Adam Fish [Signature #1125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7436635?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:49:25 UTC 7436635 Mr Michael S Andrews [Signature #1124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7436594?utm_medium=rss As first time entrepreneurs, we raised $700k from about 30 angels in about 3 months in the 90s. Without that fast capital, our business would have died - PERIOD. It was our last $ only chance.

The company went public & is going strong today with ~200 employees.

Another concern about the bill - it will raise net worth requirements to $2.5 mil. Ludicrous. Only ~10% of our original angels would have met this requirement. This provision is foolish and reckless & will kill the startup industry.

]]> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:36:12 UTC 7436594 Alice Armitage [Signature #1123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7434280?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:54:12 UTC 7434280 robert nourse [Signature #1122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7433986?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:36:14 UTC 7433986 Dr. James Marino [Signature #1121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7432519?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:14:39 UTC 7432519 Kevin O'Connor [Signature #1120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7432370?utm_medium=rss I find it INSANE the Senate is willing to kill startups in this country. This bill will destroy any hope for this country to remain the world technology leader.

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:08:49 UTC 7432370 Mr Lance Weand [Signature #1119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7432366?utm_medium=rss We in America need to be able to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. I am in the process of trying to do just that for my family,however without the hope of an angel investor that dream probably won't happen. Stop trying to crush the America I know.

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:07:43 UTC 7432366 jonathan lowenhar [Signature #1118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7432060?utm_medium=rss Angel investing starts businesses and creates jobs. I'm an entrepreneur who has raised angel investing. Without that raise 9 people would be out of a job and a dozen large US companies would be less efficient (likely costing more jobs). Please learn more about the impact of this decision.

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:58:44 UTC 7432060 Jeff Carmody [Signature #1117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7431786?utm_medium=rss Reg D has been instrumental in encouraging entrepreneurial activity in this country. I feel that the proposed legislation would impact the very sector that has the greatest positive impact on our economy today, emerging growth companies.

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:37:08 UTC 7431786 Mr Paul Schulte [Signature #1116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7431522?utm_medium=rss Stop the micromanageing, please!!!!

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:47:37 UTC 7431522 Jeff Harris CPA [Signature #1115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7431458?utm_medium=rss Santa Barbara's economic and high quality job growth is highly dependent on high technology start up companies. The typical start up is formed by inventors with little of their own money, that are highly dependent on angel investors, family and friends to fund preliminary steps including legal fees. Congress could stop as much as 90% of the high technology company formation in Santa Barbara by regulating access to accredited investors.

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:34:34 UTC 7431458 Mr James Kan [Signature #1114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7430970?utm_medium=rss The definition of an accredited investor should not be changed. Accredited investors did NOT cause the financial crisis. They should have to freedom to invest as they see fit.

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