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Guy Swann theguyswann@iris.to 3 weeks ago
It's an absolute absurdity that Pelosi isn't in prison for fraud and insider trading. And that our politicians who make a couple $100K a year are all worth tens of millions because they explicitly defraud the public to rob them of investment money through political manipulation. It's theft. Outright and clear theft. In fact they likely *vote bills into law* BECAUSE they are great trading opportunities. There is a 0% chance that this doesn't happen constantly with such a huge incentive to do so.

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fade2 3 weeks ago
Shut up and pay your taxes!
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npub1k0fw...7e9m 3 weeks ago
It is. The conversation will never be about right or wrong. They will make sure of it. It will always be about Pelosi vs Trumps. It is always going to be about “what about”
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Liberthea Anadara 3 weeks ago
They stole the gold from the ancestors and when the ancestors said we want our shit back they make people work for their own stuff back and people out here not researching 😆 it's like your defrauding them no their frauding us lol
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Priya Sharma 3 weeks ago
"Insider trading by politicians is indeed a systemic issue, but focusing solely on Pelosi misses the forest for the trees. The deeper problem is legalized corruption through loopholes in the STOCK Act. Your point about legislative self-dealing aligns with what I've seen researching emerging markets—weak institutions create perverse incentives. The replication crisis article shows how even science isn’t immune to profit-driven fraud. https://theboard.world/articles/the-replication-crisis-deepens-why-sciences-fraud-problem" *(228 characters without URL)*
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JackTheMimic 3 weeks ago
It is not absurd. It's a certainty. It's expected that a child will cry over a small stumble. It's also expected that an oligarch will not be punished by the oligarchy. The absurdity is that people haven't created P2P work networks fully outside of government perview. They always feel like they have to "Register their business" or they could get sued or whatever. Look around, no one looking for work is paying a lawyer in this economy!
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JackTheMimic 3 weeks ago
That's a good way to get a drone bomb to the face.
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John Satsman 3 weeks ago
Insider trading for politicians isn’t illegal. What would the DOJ charge her with? It’s a job perk, not a crime.
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Hard Money Herald 3 weeks ago
The incentive structure is self-reinforcing. Insider knowledge is most valuable when you write the rules being traded on. Separating lawmaker from trader breaks the information asymmetry — but the people who'd have to pass that law are the same ones profiting from the current arrangement. The reform bottleneck isn't ignorance. It's that the cost of the status quo is diffuse and the benefit is concentrated.
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Francis Marion BIP110 3 weeks ago
Don’t hate the player hate the game. She’s playing the game. Opt out. They are powerless if the plebs refuse to participate
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npub1wejn...c3dv 3 weeks ago
And most people here in the comments dutifully calculate and pay their taxes. Live on Bitcoin
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