ono@lemmy.ca to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoBipartisan senators unveiling measure to ban stock ownership by lawmakers, administration officialsthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10cross-posted to: news_us_politics@lemmy.link
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkBipartisan senators unveiling measure to ban stock ownership by lawmakers, administration officialsthehill.comono@lemmy.ca to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: news_us_politics@lemmy.link
minus-squareSkepticElliptic@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year 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-up2·1 year agoFinger pointing! That is definitely something a politician excels at.
minus-squareIdrunkenlysignedup@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago“They aren’t my stocks, they’re my wife’s/husband’s/daughter’s/son’s” - every politician
minus-squareSkepticElliptic@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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”