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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

This is such a no-brainer. They should be banned from doing it, and their wealth should be locked away in a blind trust, until they finish their terms.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't Congress eventually have to pass it though?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Kookie means it's unlikely to succeed because it requires a group of grifters to make their grifting illegal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Ah, thanks. That makes sense. I was reading it differently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Exactly, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Here we go again. The fact that they're allowed to trade in the first place is a joke, not least because they are owned by lobbyists.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Fucking good! Fingers crossed it goes through.