We must reform the Bank Secrecy Act to better protect consumer financial privacy.

Sens. Mike Lee (UT) and Rick Scott (FL) have a bill to start the work by removing the arbitrary 1972-level $10K Suspicious Activity Reporting threshold and indexing it more appropriately to inflation ($75K today).

An inflation-indexed SAR limit removes the KYC compliance nightmare too many have to face.

Very happy to support this bill to finally rein in the Bank Secrecy Act!

https://consumerchoicecenter.org/reform-the-bank-secrecy-act-to-better-protect-consumer-financial-privacy/

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I agree, important fix, but you know it's just a temporary band-aid. In any event thanks for bringing it up here

1 small step for man

Along with upping SAR limit, it also repeals the Corporate Transparency Act (hell yeah), strengthens 4th Amendment $ protections, prohibits a CBDC (go bitcoin!), recenters financial authority, and creates private right of action for illicit gov't action!

Based Mike Lee!

https://www.lee.senate.gov/2024/9/lee-introduces-the-saving-privacy-act-to-protect-americans-financial-data

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