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2024-01-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Congressional 2023 Stock Performance

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Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 They spend millions to run for an office that pays less than $300k per year. One of the reasons why.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-03 02:49|| 2024-01-03 02:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Stuff that would have had us in jail for insider trading our elected (?) officials get away with.

Although I don't see Maxine Waters' name on that list, she's evidently done quite well for herself as a member of Congress. And I'm sure Sam Bankman-Fried aka Scam Bankrupt-Fraud helped a bit.

Peter Schweizer's book Throw Them All Out (2011) was quite enlightening. Their trading activities at the time were blessed by their respective "ethics" committees.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-01-03 03:50|| 2024-01-03 03:50|| Front Page Top

#3 "There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress." Mark Twain

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-01-03 05:42|| 2024-01-03 05:42|| Front Page Top

#4 #1 and when they 'retire' they get to convert that reelection boodle to personal use.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-03 07:21|| 2024-01-03 07:21|| Front Page Top

#5 It would appear 160 years has not changed much, at least as compared to Richmond.

"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."

~ Robert E. Lee

Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-03 07:39|| 2024-01-03 07:39|| Front Page Top

#6 I wish my 401K plan had an investment option called Congressional Index. It would invest in whatever stock congress critters were.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2024-01-03 09:53|| 2024-01-03 09:53|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ Novel idea! A Congressional Stock Index !!!!!

Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-03 11:19|| 2024-01-03 11:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Some names that I expected are missing. These are only the folks that are leveraging the stock market. Others are using a more traditional Bidenesque method.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-01-03 12:52|| 2024-01-03 12:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Also, as Harry Truman supposedly once said "You can't get rich in politics. Unless you are a crook."

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2024-01-03 13:24|| 2024-01-03 13:24|| Front Page Top

#10 I have been a small time investor for decades. Nobody makes those types of annual returns without an edge.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-03 13:46|| 2024-01-03 13:46|| Front Page Top

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