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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by ookblah on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:13AM (#46135403)
maybe capital gains for politicians should be increased to like 80% and redirected entirely to public service funds lol. i'm just throwing random crap out there but haven't thought it thru at all for 2.
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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by earlyreturns on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:28AM (#46135592)
Yes, I’m sure they’ll vote for that.
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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by maerF0x0 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:54AM (#46135940)
Then we shouldnt vote for them...
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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by kelnos on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @11:15PM (#46143750)
That means that you shouldn't vote at all, then. Good luck getting 60 Senate candidates and 218 House candidates who would agree to something like that on ballots all over the country, with a chance in hell of winning.
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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by maerF0x0 on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @12:08PM (#46220330)
We would get them if we actually supported them and participated-- in time, money and votes.
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