ono@lemmy.ca to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoBipartisan senators unveiling measure to ban stock ownership by lawmakers, administration officialsthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkBipartisan senators unveiling measure to ban stock ownership by lawmakers, administration officialsthehill.comono@lemmy.ca to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareSkepticElliptic@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 years agoIt could, because the requirements will be laughable. This is just a way for them to obfuscate their investment via a third party while virtue signaling. It’s also a way for them to finger point during election season.
minus-square!ozoned@lemmy.world@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoFinger pointing! That is definitely something a politician excels at.
minus-squareIdrunkenlysignedup@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years ago“They aren’t my stocks, they’re my wife’s/husband’s/daughter’s/son’s” - every politician
minus-squareSkepticElliptic@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years ago“my wealth manager does all that stuff, sure we have a weekly golf game together, but that doesn’t affect the trades he makes”
It could, because the requirements will be laughable. This is just a way for them to obfuscate their investment via a third party while virtue signaling.
It’s also a way for them to finger point during election season.
Finger pointing! That is definitely something a politician excels at.
“They aren’t my stocks, they’re my wife’s/husband’s/daughter’s/son’s” - every politician
“my wealth manager does all that stuff, sure we have a weekly golf game together, but that doesn’t affect the trades he makes”