SLAG-91 1,491 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Interesting co-sponsors... Ocasio-Cortez and Matt Gaetz On the surface, this is a good start, even though I have my doubts about it passing. Pelosi and Crenshaw will no doubt be hard "no" to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arein0 995 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 2 hours ago, SLAG-91 said: Interesting co-sponsors... Ocasio-Cortez and Matt Gaetz On the surface, this is a good start, even though I have my doubts about it passing. Pelosi and Crenshaw will no doubt be hard "no" to this. Hopefully it passes. Keep the conflicts of interest out of politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,493 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 These two have now become the most hated people in DC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arein0 995 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 hour ago, DKW 86 said: These two have now become the most hated people in DC. They weren't already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,493 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 13 hours ago, arein0 said: They weren't already? Banning stock manipulation means that Congress cant get gifted stocks, options, etc as de facto bribes. Congress and some lobbyists will hate that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arein0 995 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 37 minutes ago, DKW 86 said: Banning stock manipulation means that Congress cant get gifted stocks, options, etc as de facto bribes. Congress and some lobbyists will hate that. I understand that. I was saying aren't they already among the most hated in DC? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,493 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, arein0 said: I understand that. I was saying aren't they already among the most hated in DC? I misread, apologies... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoAU 1,628 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 On 5/2/2023 at 8:22 PM, arein0 said: Hopefully it passes. Keep the conflicts of interest out of politics. I love the intent of this bill, however I think it’ll be about impossible to truly stop it. For example, the House Oversight committee is tracking 9+ members of the Biden family that have red flagged transactions from foreign entities, and numerous actions between families members after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,569 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) On 5/2/2023 at 5:46 PM, SLAG-91 said: Interesting co-sponsors... Ocasio-Cortez and Matt Gaetz On the surface, this is a good start, even though I have my doubts about it passing. Pelosi and Crenshaw will no doubt be hard "no" to this. It's not realistic, nor is it fair to prevent politicians from investing their money. A better and more realistic solution would be to force them to put their investments into a (truly) blind trust. Edited May 14, 2023 by homersapien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,569 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 55 minutes ago, GoAU said: I love the intent of this bill, however I think it’ll be about impossible to truly stop it. For example, the House Oversight committee is tracking 9+ members of the Biden family that have red flagged transactions from foreign entities, and numerous actions between families members after that. Yeah. We've come a long way since Billy Carter. We cannot stop family members from profiteering from association with a POTUS. Hell, even the POTUS at issue can't stop it. All we can hope for is the POTUS at issue doesn't incorporate them into government to promote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoAU 1,628 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 15 hours ago, homersapien said: Yeah. We've come a long way since Billy Carter. We cannot stop family members from profiteering from association with a POTUS. Hell, even the POTUS at issue can't stop it. All we can hope for is the POTUS at issue doesn't incorporate them into government to promote it. Or allow a family members business partners to visit him - especially at work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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