Why politicians should not own stocks

  • zeppo@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Republicans are obsessed with pelosi owning stocks as if she’s the only person in Congress who does it. I guess it takes the heat of everyone else… I read a list of the top 10 stock owners and profit makers in Congress, one of course the top ones were republicans.

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        2 months ago

        “Waahhh” huh? What a ridiculous reply.

        Okay, how’s Tommy Tuberville? But who cares. I’m not visiting your “x” link but sources I’ve seen don’t even have pelosi in the top 10. Republicans are just obsessed with attacking her even now that she’s not Speaker. Talk about “waahhh”. That’s fine, if you want to engage in massive hypocrisy, wring your hands about imaginary problems and pretend everything bad is democrats, that’s very on brand for conservatives.

        Anyway, yes, you should be concerned about ethical lapses of Congress members even if you don’t recognize their names.

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            2 months ago

            Where’d that data come from? Do congresspeople have public portfolios?

            If so, it becomes a solved problem because we can just subscribe to the top performers’ portfolios to keep up (and nullify their advantage).

            If they don’t have public portfolios how was this generated?

            • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club
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              2 months ago

              Yes, all their portfolios are public. Unusual Whales actually tracks all their trades and offers tools to mimic their trades if you so desire. Many people watch what stocks people like Nancy Pelosi purchase and use them to guide their own decision-making.