Comment on Senators Launch New Effort to Ban Federal Elected Officials Profiting from Prediction Markets
crusa187@lemmy.ml 1 day agoSadly I believe this is because a blanket insider trading ban for Congress would be a non starter. Most of them are there for that exact reason imo, the corpo pac bribes are just a bonus that is helpful in guiding policy when they have to do actual “work”
Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Until I saw your comment, my (flippant) response to the person you replied was going to be “Because Congress hasn’t figured out how to use Polymarket.”
Which is a far less eloquent corollary to your comment.