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So true tweet: (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2018 OP
So there should be no securities laws? jberryhill Dec 2018 #1
Can you imagine a world where senators and congresspeople would applegrove Dec 2018 #2
Congresscritters who own stock should Bettie Dec 2018 #3
Love how she is exposing congress AlexSFCA Dec 2018 #4

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
2. Can you imagine a world where senators and congresspeople would
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:53 PM
Dec 2018

have to have blind trusts when in office? Public service would surely be service then. I can dream can't I?

Bettie

(16,119 posts)
3. Congresscritters who own stock should
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:55 PM
Dec 2018

own it through blind accounts, where they are not the ones managing it or able to direct which companies to invest in to avoid insider trading or voting based on "what's good for my portfolio" rather than what's good for the country at large.

Ostensibly, being a congresscritter means public service, but they always manage to come out of congress WAY richer than they went in.

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)
4. Love how she is exposing congress
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 10:17 PM
Dec 2018

she is new with a set of mind that congress is corrupt (it is) and disclose all of it publicly.

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