The DOL may regulate entertainer Dave Ramsey, but should it?

October 21, 2016 by Michael Markey

Today my goal is to prove that the U.S. Department of Labor’s forthcoming fiduciary rule should regulate talk radio show host Dave Ramsey and other finance entertainers like him as fiduciaries.

They should be regulated, right? Or would doing so violate Ramsey’s First Amendment right to free speech?

As I wrestled with these questions before writing this column, countless hours evaporated in front of my computer. I stared at a blank monitor that seemed to mock me with each blinking pulse. Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I found myself torn between two opposites.

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Originally Posted at LifeHealthPro on October 20, 2016 by Michael Markey.