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Banning Members of Congress from Trading Stocks

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    Axtremus
    wrote on 9 Feb 2022, 17:28 last edited by
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    https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/09/congress-moves-towards-banning-members-from-trading-stocks.html

    This has been talked about for years. Let's see if it comes to a vote this year.

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      xenon
      wrote on 9 Feb 2022, 17:32 last edited by
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      I dunno why this is so controversial.

      Index funds still let people invest. I’m not allowed to buy a huge portion of the F500 - that’s common across many industries where corporations are clients.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 9 Feb 2022, 17:37 last edited by
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        It’s only controversial to the congressmen who can profit from their inside information and don’t want to give up the opportunity.

        Only non-witches get due process.

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          taiwan_girl
          wrote on 12 Feb 2022, 03:03 last edited by
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          Seems like it makes perfect sense. Index funds, blind trust, etc. would work if they want to be involved in the stock market.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote 2 days ago last edited by
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            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              jon-nyc
              wrote 2 days ago last edited by
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              He’s from PA-8. Scranton, Wilkes-Barre

              Only non-witches get due process.

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote 2 days ago last edited by taiwan_girl 6 Apr 2025, 02:13
                #7

                Its not what you know, but who you know.

                Or I guess in this case, it is both.

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