Recently, the U.S. Treasury unveiled the new Benjamins.  A redesign of the $100 bill with advance security features developed to impede the likes of sophisticated or crafty counterfeiters. The Treasury Secretary says the bill “… incorporates the best technology… to ensure we’re staying ahead of counterfeiters.”  But while the government is protecting us from counterfeiters on the prowl to bamboozle us out of our hard earned Benjamins, there are other predators on the prowl that we need to warrant safeguards against.

The derailment and near collapse of our financial system personally is still an open wound. Like so many, watching my retirement funds drop zeros, moving the decimal point substantially left has shaken my confidence and trust as a consumer, investor and taxpayer. In addition, an epidemic of foreclosures has continued to plague our neighborhoods.

Then to top it all off, the predators responsible for the collapse are still resisting regulation that is long overdue. House Republican Leader John Boehner claims that  President Obama’s reform measures are “a government takeover of the entire private sector.” These claims are even more ridiculous, especially in light of the recent investigation into fraud involving Goldman Sachs. For the record, no entity should be too big to fail!

Regulatory reform and oversight that actually protect consumers, investors and taxpayers from the too big to fail predators on Wall Street needs to happen - NOW! Whether it’s Main Street or Wall Street, a predator is still a predator.