House Speaker Mike Johnson said that members of Congress should be able to continue owning stocks.

He suggested that a stock trading ban could discourage people from running for office.

Earlier this year, Johnson expressed support for a ban, citing the “appearance of impropriety.”

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    You can still own stocks, you just can’t TRADE on insider information, dipshit.

    Keep in the indexes like every other schlub has to. That’ll give you a bit more incentive to not sell out your fucking country and ensure a HEALTHY market instead of tilting it every which way in favor of whichever lobbyist is currently licking your taint.