I wouldn't mind members of congress owning stocks in the form of an index fund or blind trust. I also think congress people should somehow recuse themselves when they have conflicts of interest based on their business interest.

But beyond confilcit of interest, I think its criminal to trade on insider knowledge that a congress person may have.

Articles like this don't make that distinction and then you have the stories about Dems sound exactly like the stories about republicans.


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