LIers react to Obama's financial reform plan

"I absolutely feel there is a need for significant reform. I don't think any company should be too big to fail."

- Bryan Holzberg, 53, of Port Washington

"I totally agree there should be accountability. Monopolies are hurting small businesses and driving them out."

- Magalie Delia, of Westbury, works in nonprofit sector

"People can go crazy on Wall Street. It's very sad. They were so greedy, giving people the mortgages they couldn't afford. Just out of greed."

- Ruby Gary of Hempstead, works in nonprofit sector

"Wall Street does need to get reined in, but the concern I'm getting from Obama is putting everything under government control, and that leads to a fascist government. For the most part, [Wall Street] has done fine in its history. Ethical guidelines should be implemented, but not laws."

- Stefan Scheck, 39, of Levittown, works in retail

"He should have thought of all this before giving [the financial firms] all this money from the bailout. . . . What we need help with is the U.S. dollar against the euro and foreign currency. It's back to where our future is and where the American dollar is going to be."

- Darren McMahon, 42, of Huntington, works in liquor sales

"A small business would have appreciated a bailout."

- Leonard Sikorski, 51, of Mineola, owns a printing company

"I think Obama's right. It's just way out of balance. They're not accountable. Anything without oversight is doomed. Even without capping executive pay, their salaries should be tied to performance. Everyone else's is."

- Clarance Romero, 34, of the Bronx, works in telecommunications

"Wall Street does its own thing. I don't think salary caps should be. That's just the way it is."

- Angela Vides, 30, of Westbury, bank teller