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re: Mike Johnson says that Congressmen should be able to trade stocks
Posted on 5/17/26 at 7:53 am to HubbaBubba
Posted on 5/17/26 at 7:53 am to HubbaBubba
If people in Congress want to invest, they can use managed accounts while they’re in office so they’re not directing the investment choices.
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Posted on 5/17/26 at 8:03 am to HubbaBubba
That retard has gotten less done with control of congress than Paul Ryan did and that was a pretty low bar he set for the role of Speaker.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 8:11 am to Horsemeat
Worthless
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 8:14 am
Posted on 5/17/26 at 8:11 am to CrystalPreserves
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He makes Pete Buttigieg look like a very straight man.
Definitely, Mike Johnson is the definition of a DC cuck.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 8:14 am to HubbaBubba
Those poor politicians. Ya can't expect them to keep multimillion dollar homes on a $174k salary.
If they were forced to only have a $174k salary, they'd not stay in office for decades. They'd do a single term for prestige and then go off to do other shite.
If they were forced to only have a $174k salary, they'd not stay in office for decades. They'd do a single term for prestige and then go off to do other shite.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:37 am to HubbaBubba
Political Office should be seen as a vocation out of service to one's country; not as an opportunity for wealth acquisition. Unfortunately, the former is a pipe dream and the latter is more in line with reality.
This is why they should be held to a higher ethical standard than the average citizen.
This is why they should be held to a higher ethical standard than the average citizen.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:38 am to HubbaBubba
I'm OK with them trading ETFs but not individual companies.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:42 am to HubbaBubba
No one wants to hear it, but we should be paying our lawmakers much much more. Like a million/yr. But come with the caveat that they will go to jail if they trade stock or entertain lobbyists.
We end up paying one way or another. Just one way benefits lobbyists of big corporations.
We end up paying one way or another. Just one way benefits lobbyists of big corporations.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:46 am to HubbaBubba
I've had a 401k for 2 decades and I have made maybe 5 trades of my own. And those were 2% cash back rewards on my credit card, so probably $2,000 worth of trades in 20 years. It's a managed fund and someone else can do it for congress folk. The only reason they want to trade their own stocks is because they know more than we do.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:48 am to HubbaBubba
Typical sleezy republican.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:49 am to TBoy
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Typical sleezy republican.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:53 am to HubbaBubba
Such a scam. Term limits and full financial disclosure for EVERY elected official.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:54 am to HubbaBubba
I don't disagree with the overall statement that they shouldn't be completely unable to trade stocks, but there should be strict guidelines preventing them from directly or indirectly trading. They and their spouses should be required to utilize a third party or a managed trust for their trading.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:54 am to HubbaBubba
Also, frick Mike “Twinkle-Toes” Johnson for saying that politicians can’t survive off $175,000.00 salaries but they expect citizens to live off $40k or $7.25 an hour. frick all the way off with that bullshite.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:54 am to Turnblad85
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No one wants to hear it, but we should be paying our lawmakers much much more.
The opposite is true.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:56 am to imjustafatkid
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The opposite is true.
yeah. great way to get people who only want to put the effort in of running for office so they can benefit from selling out taxpayers.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:58 am to Turnblad85
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yeah. great way to get people who only want to put the effort in of running for office so they can benefit from selling out taxpayers.
It was never meant to be a career. We need to be doing much more to discourage career politicians.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:02 pm to imjustafatkid
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It was never meant to be a career.
Maybe. But that means only post-retirees and wealthy people would be interested.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:21 pm to KCT
POS just like the rest of them. Most worthless group in the country yet running our lives and destroying the future for our children and grandchildren. Worse part is the middle finger from them right in our face…
Term limits. No benefits or lobbying post CONgress.
Term limits. No benefits or lobbying post CONgress.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:51 pm to HubbaBubba
no
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