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What say the defenders?

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Keep electing wealthy politicians with the means to hoard wealth by shuffling money around or laundering bribes with real estate transactions and nothing will change. They'll never stop draining the swamp right into their overseas bank accounts. If the former president didn't make it clear that our need for ethics reforms is a much bigger crisis than immigration and drag queens, then a representative's spouse dumping stock ahead of a move that's been talked about for years isn't going to get any traction either.

Pelosi Act



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He's a prog, so it is perfectly ok. This sort of thing is only important if it involves a Republican.

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We also need a Thomas Act that bans spouses of SCOTUS justices from attempting to overthrow presidential elections.

I'm all for them banning this type of thing, but I don't recall you outrage when Republicans did it.

http://thehill.com/homenews/se...threat-crashed-market/

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Here here on the Thomas act

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The Burr Act would be more fitting since this predates Pelosi.

http://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/...tock-sales/index.html

I searched for Republican comments over Burr on here and didn't find any. Feel free to highlight them if you were outraged by this two years ago.

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You and yours are full of shitt. We against that no matter who is involved. You have insurrectionists in congress. Clean up your house before casting aspersions on others'.

I like the idea of banning all politicians from holding and trading stocks or anything else that could be a means of corruption, and expand the to civil servants overseeing agencies and institutions.

However, the name of the bill is juvenile and likely to hinder it's chances of successfully passing.
Is that feature?

"Is that (a) feature?"

Without a doubt. They want to be able to say they tried to stop politicians from profiting from insider trading, but they don't want it to actually pass. And if they can blame that on the Dems while not killing the cash cow, all the better.

I'd have the Senate legislation named after Burr or some other sleazebag pug, and use both names on the final legislation and pass that shit.

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"For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice, and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf or religious and political idols." - Aldous Huxley

Sadly enough that's probably true. I also saw a something the other day about a bill that would force congress to use the VA instead of the Cadillac insurance they currently have. Didn't have a chance to delve into it, but on the surface it sounded like something I would support.

Neither side is going to actually pass anything that would take from their piggy banks as long as they can blame the other side. Silly party politics.

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Edited: 01/26/2023 at 06:31 AM by worksuxgetsponsered

LIAR!

If Pro-slavers vote against it, they deserve the blame, no?

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"you and yours"........"we".......lol

Nothing screams "BRAINWASHED" more then employing group think and Identity politics in one post! lol.

Nice work, Slimy!

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"Its easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled" - Mark Twain

Unfortunately it's not only the MO on NSR, it seems to be the MO of much of the country and more than likely going to be part of our downfall.

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http://www.businessinsider.com...ott-brian-mast-2022-8

There's a lot of insider trading going on. Trick Scott and Brian Mast are enriching themselves the same way.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

I'm for that too, and while were in there let's merge the VA and Medicare and enroll the whole country.



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"For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice, and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf or religious and political idols." - Aldous Huxley

Apparently its legal for them to use insider info and legislation to enrich themselves, therein lies the problem. It needs to stop no matter who is doing it.

Like 3rd said, the name of that current bill is petty, and Pelosi isn't alone, but she was the speaker and very high profile so it would of course garner more attention.

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Fat cats makin themselvs fatter alot of hot air from the local goon squad. Your words fall on deaf ears, make some action. I will call Pelosi for ya let her know

Why use a new law?

http://www.congress.gov/bill/1...gress/senate-bill/2038

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