👀 I’m Just a Bill — Stop Wall Street Looting Act (S.2155)

A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster

What is this bill?

S.2155 in the 119th Congress would impose transparency, accountability, and limit-of-extraction provisions on private equity (PE) firms, addressing the documented pattern of PE acquisitions leading to bankruptcies in healthcare, retail, housing, and journalism.

What does it actually do?

• PE transparency: Requires disclosure of PE ownership stakes in operating companies.
• Joint-and-several liability: PE firms bear liability for the debts of acquired companies (closes the bankruptcy-shield loophole).
• Healthcare PE: Specific provisions for PE-owned hospitals, nursing homes, and physician practices.
• Worker protections: Severance and pension protections in PE-driven bankruptcies.
• Carried-interest taxation: Closes the carried-interest tax loophole.

Who votes when?

• Senate Banking + HELP: Active consideration
• House companion: Pending introduction
• President: Signature dependent on chamber action

How does this affect cooperative-class families?

Composes directly with the cooperative-architecture thesis. Liana Banyan exists structurally as the alternative to extractive financial architectures — including PE-driven rollups in healthcare (#6 Tatiana Schlossberg Health Accords + #7 MSA), retail (#3 Lets Go Shopping cooperative marketplace), and food (#1 Lets Make Dinner + #2 Lets Get Groceries cooperative grocery model).

The cooperative is built so that the Cost+20% margin is fixed-by-structure — PE rollups CANNOT happen to the cooperative because the structure prevents the extraction model that PE relies on.

Shirley Temple Truth Score

🟡 Provisional — Council vote pending.

Help Each Other Help Ourselves.