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pandacoder@lemmy.world 1 year agoor be removed from office
I wouldn’t complain if this happened without needing this kind of legislation.
That said I do agree that people like her would be in a pickle and I don’t think it should necessarily be straight banned, but instead politicians in her situation and their closest associated people should have their trades regularly audited for insider trading.
doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 year ago
That’s just the system we have now, then. We have the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the STOCK Act of 2012. Clearly I think more should be done, but I also don’t agree with forcing people to divorce their loved ones and leave their families while in office. Maybe something that makes future members of congress ineligible for office if their spouse trades stocks as an income source?