> illustrating exactly what our business was, and have that sent back to CFTC.
Could it be that they were collecting data from you to build models for future analysis? Instead of paying people to research companies, and enter data into a system, force 20% of all companies to provide this data regardless of suspicions of wrongdoing?
There's that saying "looks like a duck, quacks like a duck." Maybe they start from the position "I don't know what a duck looks like, or what it sounds like. I think you're a duck. What do you look like? What do you sound like?"
That's just a guess. I have experience working elsewhere in the federal government. They often just throw darts at the wall to prove they are doing their job. New management will take over a department, and want to demonstrate change of some kind. Don't try to attach any rational thought to these actions.
Could it be that they were collecting data from you to build models for future analysis? Instead of paying people to research companies, and enter data into a system, force 20% of all companies to provide this data regardless of suspicions of wrongdoing?
There's that saying "looks like a duck, quacks like a duck." Maybe they start from the position "I don't know what a duck looks like, or what it sounds like. I think you're a duck. What do you look like? What do you sound like?"
That's just a guess. I have experience working elsewhere in the federal government. They often just throw darts at the wall to prove they are doing their job. New management will take over a department, and want to demonstrate change of some kind. Don't try to attach any rational thought to these actions.