yeah, like... if someone cares about stock trading so much, maybe they shouldn't be a lawmaker...
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I will never get over the fact that this isn't illegal
I would rather drastically increase congressional salaries than let them do this shit
I would rather drastically increase congressional salaries than let them do this shit
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Over and over again for decades…
Individual stocks should be in a trust where all trades are documented and planned far in advance.
They should be able to invest freely in mutual funds though. IMHO, it's unlikely that insider trading would benefit any publicly-traded fund enough to matter.
Given our current reality, I think it's more important (not to mention effective) to curb 90+% of the abuses than it is to try to roll Congress back to 18th century ideals.
Not the sharpest spoon in the drawer
Also peg congressional salaries to 200% of household median income. They want a rais, get one for us.
Also Dorms for Congress and SCOTUS
If public housing is good for POTUS its good for the rest of
them
in the first place.
Here in Canada, it's actually written into our constitution that politicians can't call each other liars while in Parliament. If they do, they have to leave until they're willing to retract it.