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Re:Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers. ‘We are a free... by mcv on Thursday December 16, 2021 @10:59AM (#29579491)
They should recuse themselves from any vote involving an industry that they have a more than trivial amount of stock in. Do you expect someone to restrict Big Tech when they have Facebook and Google stock?
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Re:Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers. ‘We are a free... by hef19898 on Thursday December 16, 2021 @11:02AM (#29579545)
Absolutely not, we are talking about politicians here. I like the idea of divesting into index funds during time in parliament / service.
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