385 REPORTER: "Should members of congress and their spouses be banned from trading individual stocks while serving in Congress?" //// PELOSI: "No...We are a free market economy. They should be able to participate in that." //// translation = no, thats where we make our money (twitter.com) posted 3 years ago by president_elect 3 years ago by president_elect +385 / -0 23 comments share 23 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Useless argument. What's stopping them from creating shell companies or other proxies to make their trades on the market?
At least the system we have now, we can actually infer with some sense of plausibility who may have insider knowledge or are corrupt.