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June 29, 2010 at 08:00 PM
If you are among those who are against SEC 151A, are you celebrating after subcommittees in the Senate and the House agreed to the Harkin Amendment, which would keep equity indexed annuities state-regulated?
Do you smell it in the air, the smell of victory? Do you hear the sound of the fat lady singing? Well, maybe you don’t because nothing’s over until the ink’s dry. And when we’re talking about Congress, even then, you wonder about them using that dastardly invisible ink that disappears once you get home.
I spoke with Andy Unkefer yesterday who was one of the leading forces in the grassroots organization that opposed the initial SEC ruling. As Unkefer mentioned in quoting wordsmith Yogi Berra, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”
He went on to say (Unkefer, not Berra) that “although opposition forces may influence whether the Harkin Amendment is changed or remains in the final bill, we do have reason to be optimistic. (We) will continue to work with NAFA and the Coalition for Indexed Products until this Bill is signed with the Harkin Amendment intact.”
