▲ 402 ▼ Biden calls for broad new social programs, higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy (wapo.st) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/politics@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) How about getting Congress to stop trading in the stock market on their inside information For fuck’s sake the head of the Fed was trading in the market he oversees— was caught doing it— and still remains in his position permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago He's already proposed limits and caps to politician trading then everyone fought back against the Stock Act so he kicked it to Congress. https://campaignlegal.org/update/biden-should-keep-campaign-promise-reigniting-stock-act-reform-congress He stopped his own from doing it though since he was able to do that. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-27/biden-campaign-bans-staff-from-trading-stocks-without-approval Have fun pulling any random possible complaint out every time a Democrat doing something good doesn't turn our country into a fascist theocratic hellhole though lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago He's already proposed limits and caps to politician trading then everyone fought back against the Stock Act so he kicked it to Congress. https://campaignlegal.org/update/biden-should-keep-campaign-promise-reigniting-stock-act-reform-congress He stopped his own from doing it though since he was able to do that. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-27/biden-campaign-bans-staff-from-trading-stocks-without-approval Have fun pulling any random possible complaint out every time a Democrat doing something good doesn't turn our country into a fascist theocratic hellhole though lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent