Stock Trades Reported by Nearly a Fifth of Congress Show Possible Conflicts

Once Elected to Congress . . .. the money pours in

"Those silly Poors . .. they are the only ones that believe in rules. . . . "

Rocket River

 

I still don't understand how this is legal.

 

It’s long overdue to require members of Congress to either divest themselves or put their investments into blind trust.

 

Agreed, I think politicians and judges should be above board, they have proved they can't be trusted, and I am sure it's more than a few bad apples on both sides. In this day and age, they will eventually get exposed but its normally too late, put harsh penalties in place, if you break the rules, you are automatically out, they cannot police themselves and they have shown they wont throw out the bad apples

 

Shouldn't it be like 110% of the transaction? 10% would be just the cost of doing business or am I missing something?

 

Now do the Supreme Court, Senators