House lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill to protect adults over 65 from financial fraud. The Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025 aims to stop seniors and people with disabilities from losing money to scammers. Took them long enough to figure out that grandparents get robbed.
The bill is bipartisan. Both parties agreed on something. That something is acknowledging that elderly people exist and sometimes get scammed. A真 legislative triumph. Next they'll pass a resolution confirming that water is wet.
Here's what the bill does: it prevents fraud against old people. Revolutionary stuff. Before this act, apparently the official congressional position was just letting it happen. Grandma gets a call from a guy pretending to be her grandson who needs bail money? That's freedom, baby. The market will correct itself.
The target demographic is 65 and older or those with disabilities. These are the same people who still think their financial advisor cares about them personally. The same people who believe the nice man on the phone from Microsoft really does need their social security number to fix their computer. Now Congress wants to step in and ruin all that trust.
You know what this bill won't stop? Your uncle buying penny stocks because a guy at Applebee's said lithium mining is the next big thing. Won't stop your grandmother from giving her life savings to a televangelist. Won't stop retail traders from losing everything on options they don't understand. But sure, let's protect them from the phone scammers. That's the real threat.
The bill passed with bipartisan support, which means it either does nothing or makes things worse. Those are the only two outcomes when politicians agree. But at least they can go back to their districts and tell voters they protected the elderly. Right before they vote to cut social security.
Turns out the best fraud protection for seniors was just not having any money left after inflation, but Congress wanted to try something else first.
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