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2022-09-14 Government Corruption
REVEALED: 97 members of Congress or their families bought or sold stock that may have been a conflict of interest
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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-14 01:13|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 Why do you think they went to Washington in the first place ?
Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-14 05:32||   2022-09-14 05:32|| Front Page Top

#2 ^^^ And...why do you think they STAY in Washington?
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-09-14 05:34||   2022-09-14 05:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Senator Blutarsky unavailable for comment.
Posted by Cesare 2022-09-14 07:28||   2022-09-14 07:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Too bad our Founding Fathers neglected to put in term limits into the Constitution.
Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-14 07:34||   2022-09-14 07:34|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ In the founders' era, nobody could conceive of the idea of wanting to be a full-time public servant, let alone a politician. Even postmasters in the early years of the Republic were men of substance who took on the task as a sideline.

Franklin actually said public service should not pay at all: At the Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin stated his belief that public servants should not be paid a salary, for in paying the civil service, our government would not be made of "the wise and the moderate ... the men fittest for the trust" but instead by "the bold and the violent, the men of strong passions ... in their selfish pursuits."
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-14 08:09||   2022-09-14 08:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Howie Carr (king of New England talk radio) said something a few years ago that made perfect sense - Washington started going to shit right around the time modern air travel came to the fore. Makes it easier to hold national office, get some great stock tips and a pension to boot, doesn't it?
Posted by Raj 2022-09-14 10:14||   2022-09-14 10:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker
Posted by Matt 2022-09-14 11:52||   2022-09-14 11:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Annnnnddd....how did they do yesterday?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-14 14:43||   2022-09-14 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 The other 438 just didn’t get caught.
Posted by Glenmore  2022-09-14 16:55||   2022-09-14 16:55|| Front Page Top

#10 @#4 & #5 - For sure. Those guys in the late 1700's had real jobs and had to travel a long way to get to and from DC. The president part makes sense as they didn't want a "king", but these old bags and geezers now in DC, it's just in-your-face pathetic.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-09-14 17:00||   2022-09-14 17:00|| Front Page Top

#11 @#8 - Well, they bought put options, of course!
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-09-14 17:01||   2022-09-14 17:01|| Front Page Top

#12 This is what occurred to me watching that movie "My Son Hunter." They they are all in on the grift.

The uniparty so to speak is united in that they are all dirty and will protect each other because it protects themselves.

Trump threatened to break a lot of rice bowls and possible send folks to jail if the masses found out.
Posted by ruprecht 2022-09-14 17:09||   2022-09-14 17:09|| Front Page Top

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