Let Members of Congress Trade Stocks…on These Conditions
Derek Hunter
Good old…very old…Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi got filthy rich doing “public service.” Weird how that works out for politicians, isn’t it? One of the few people older than Pelosi is Warren Buffett, and while he is considered to be almost clairvoyant when it comes to the market, Nan puts him to shame – she “has generated a cumulative return of 816% from her investments, beating the S and P 500 by a whopping 559 percentage points.” That’s almost impossible, and would be impossible if she hadn’t had access to insider information that would land a mere mortal in prison for using.
It can be very beneficial if someone knows which government contracts are coming down the line or which industries are on the verge of getting massive subsidies, etc., and Pelosi had her finger right on the pulse of that for decades. Or should I say she had her finger on the scales….
I say, let these people trade and get rich while in office, why the hell not?
But I have some strings. They can’t get a salary or a pension and health insurance. They can have a salary, pension and insurance if they accept a ban, so make it a choice for each one to make and make it permanent, completely irreversible. Then put a serious criminal punishment behind any violation of the deal – meaning a decade in prison.
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https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/11/23/let-members-of-congress-freely-trade-stockson-these-conditions-n2666883
