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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by FridayoLeary on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:15AM (#46135435)
>Running for congress is already kind of a financially silly thing to do

Evidently it's not. There's another problem that it seems to me that it's mainly wealthy elite who get in. How many working class people are there in major leadership positions?

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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by Uehreka on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:20AM (#46135489)
> Evidently it’s not.

Cards on the table: I just don’t think people operate with single incentives like that, and even if they did, it’s a cost I’d pay easily.

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