She can be a stock trader or she can be a public official. She shouldn’t be able to use her knowledge and access as the latter to be the former. Members of Congress who can influence share prices though policy or gain special intelligence should hold their investments in a blind trust.
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Capt Wally G Binghamton
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has executed a series of significant technology stock trades valued at over $30 million, according to recent congressional disclosure reports, while recovering from a hip injury sustained during an official trip to Luxembourg.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has executed a series of significant technology stock trades valued at over $30 million, according to recent congressional disclosure reports, while recovering from a hip injury sustained during an official trip to Luxembourg.
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The same ethics rules about money and stock that apply to federal employees should apply to elected officials, period.
People who write laws and have access to sensitive information should not benefit from those positions. They're given that power & info to serve the common good, not themselves.
This is obscene.
And then they wonder why voters don't buy their argument that the GOP is corrupt. 🤷♂️
WTH has her hip got to do with this ?