And while they're at it, they should restore the stock up-tick rule for shorting equities--that is, noshortselling of a stock unless the price has moved up.
The SEC should be criticized severely for doing away with the uptick rule on short-selling--no shorting of a stock unless it has moved up in price--and for its failure to enforce rules against naked short-selling--requiring a short seller to first borrow a stock before he shorts it.