Why politicians should not own stocks

  • athairmor@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The sale was on July 1–almost 3 months ago— and the price was lower than on the day the lawsuit was announced.

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      Are you the only one in here who bothered to look? I saw your comment and decided to look, too, and unless I’m reading this wrong, you’re right and I don’t understand the point of this story.

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            1 month ago

            Keyword being did. If you pick the right window of my stock portfolio you could say the same thing.

            When one wants to be upset and it’s easiest to be upset about things one doesn’t understand. When someone else starts pulling the levers of one’s misunderstandings, they become a tool.

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        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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      Also, if you were paying any attention to Visa as an investor it has been obvious for awhile now that the company is underperforming.