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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Here's Why Congressmen Are Allowed To Make Insider Trades

As we mentioned a couple months ago, Congressmen aren't subject to the same insider trading regulations as the rest of us. Some elected officials have reportedly crossed the ethical line to inflate their personal wealth, using secret knowledge to make timely stock trades.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's a double standard. For anyone else, it is insider trading, but if you're a Congressman, it's making logical financial choices. It's so ridiculous that it's funny.

Anonymous said...

Being a scumbag thief is a prerequisite to become a Congressman or a Senator.

Anonymous said...

This will never change until we start putting people in Washington who are not interested in being a part of this. People who are wanting to represent our country as an elected official to actually do the job of representing the citizens and not corporate America!
Keep voting them in and back in folks! One of these days you'll all wake up! Hopefully!!!!

Anonymous said...

I say let them do it but use that money to fund their projects