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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by Workaccount2 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:01AM (#46135267)
You shouldn't be punished for being financially intelligent. You are conflating corruption with financial competence.

We don't stop athletes who use the gym regularly from competing because all the guys using steroids also went to the gym a lot.

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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by ceejayoz on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:06AM (#46135318)
> You shouldn't be punished for being financially intelligent. You are conflating corruption with financial competence.

And you're conflating "being financially intelligent" with "being primarily motivated by profit and personal gain".

A conman is often "financially intelligent", too, but what they're inclined to do with that intelligence matters.

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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by catigula on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:13AM (#46135405)
You aren't being punished, nobody is forcing you to run for Congress.
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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by mrguyorama on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @02:35PM (#46138924)
And if you consider "I'm not as rich as I am physically capable of being" to be "punishment", you have absurd priorities and should not be in congress.

There's so much more to life and the world than the number on your portfolio for christs sake.

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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by Workaccount2 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:28PM (#46140394)
People have this mindset like they are the buddha or something, and then you show them a trick to save 25% on every amazon order, and they are all over like addict shown a pill stash. So dumb
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