If say, one had assets, a seat in Congress, and inside information and traded on it, why this is reasonable, rational, rewarding and like rain in a drought when volatile markets swing this way and that, necessary for money to grow like tall corn. Naturally the thin line between the “National” (Imperial) interest and “Personal” interest cannot exist for a member of Congress as their only interest is in survival in Congress which takes boatloads of money, and Congress is indistinguishable from Imperial, National, and Personal interests. Members of Congress buy Energy, Defense stocks BEFORE the invasion!
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How convenient for them. They are wicked smart investors!! 57 members of Congress have violated a law designed to stop insider trading and prevent conflicts-of-interest. https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-act-violations-senate-house-trading-2021-9?op=1
They all need to be replaced by self programming A.I. impartial, non-partisan, guided by altruism and the best public policy, call it Colossus not Congress. WEF will.
Ah but will Colossus permit humans any say in public policy? Based on history ought it? Public inputs into policy are ignored. The Congressperson is re-selected based upon intangible assurances by voting machines and vote counters who cheat. Publics exist to ratify insider trading.
Robert this has been the situation since inception. Stock Exchanges for the laboring stiff are pension graft (CalPERS) and outright theft.
The whole stock market is a scam. IPO are setups to make the preferred stock people rich pretending like everyone had a shot...
Gambling shouldn't be in the top 10 of GDP but it's number 1 for a few decades