Crime Mike Johnson argues Congress trades stocks so they can feed their families

[44nutman]

Mike Johnson Argues Congress Needs Stock Trading to 'Support Their Families' Due to 'Frozen' Salaries

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended stock trading as a necessary income boost that allows members of Congress to "take care of their family."

www.latintimes.com

Senator Tubberville has bought stock in not one but 2 companies right before they got government contracts. I bet his kids can super size their McDonalds meal.
How can Congress survive on 100k+ salary, free healthcare and lifetime pension without using insider information to keep clothes on the backs of their children. Congress like Wu Tang is for the children.
Mike Johnson is right if we don’t allow Congress to trade stock we won’t get the same quality of people in Congress we have right now.
Cliffs: Congress stock trading feeds kids and attracts quality people.

 

[Fedor>Cain]

Everyone on planet Earth's reaction to Small Johnson:



He isn't lying about one thing. It wouldn't be the same quality of people. They actually might not be complete scum.

 

[lowlife]

If that's the case, how do they expect the average American to "take care of their family" when they earn far, far less than members of Congress?

 

[Osculater]

Mike Johnson Argues Congress Needs Stock Trading to 'Support Their Families' Due to 'Frozen' Salaries

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended stock trading as a necessary income boost that allows members of Congress to "take care of their family."

www.latintimes.com

Senator Tubberville has bought stock in not one but 2 companies right before they got government contracts. I bet his kids can super size their McDonalds meal.
How can Congress survive on 100k+ salary, free healthcare and lifetime pension without using insider information to keep clothes on the backs of their children. Congress like Wu Tang is for the children.
Mike Johnson is right if we don’t allow Congress to trade stock we won’t get the same quality of people in Congress we have right now.
Cliffs: Congress stock trading feeds kids and attracts quality people.

They should start an Onlyfans accounts

 

[IanEdwards]

Mike Johnson is right if we don’t allow Congress to trade stock we won’t get the same quality of people in Congress we have right now.

heaven forbid

 

[Fedor>Cain]

If that's the case, how do they expect the average American to "take care of their family" when they earn far, far less than members of Congress?

Well, you see, by slashing Medicaid and giving tax cuts to rich people, it will obviously give poor people more money!

Duh.

 

[Crazy Source]

Well, you see, by slashing Medicaid and giving tax cuts to rich people, it will obviously give poor people more money!

Duh.

Dat trickle down, yo!

 

[oldshadow]

Stupid statement and both sides get rich doing this.

 

[Crazy Source]

Stupid statement and both sides get rich doing this.

OK, but this is the Republican SOTH saying this dumb shit, not a DEM. The same party angling to make massive cuts to Medicare to pay for massive tax cuts. GTFO with your both-sides deflection.

 

[jefferz]

Okay Latrell.

 

[Jar of Flies]

"You're going to have less qualified people who are willing to make the extreme sacrifice to run for Congress"​

It’s about time we start recognizing the real heroes of our society- Congressmen who’ve been left no choice but to use inside information to profit off of the stock market.

 

[BFoe]

He also had the preposterous excuse that Trump’s corruption is ok because Trump does it out in the open.

Mike Johnson Has Bonkers Defense of Trump’s Open Corruption

Apparently, Mike Johnson thinks there is a right way to be corrupt.

www.yahoo.com

He’s a batshit radical Christian nationalist pushing nonsense pseudo-history like “the Founding Fathers wanted the church to direct the government.”


Dude has no moral compass at all.

 

[Mr Holmes]

OK, but this is the Republican SOTH saying this dumb shit, not a DEM. The same party angling to make massive cuts to Medicare to pay for massive tax cuts. GTFO with your both-sides deflection.

Nancy Pelosi was also SOTH and defended her insider trading. Its some real clown world shit to say the democrats don't also do it.

 

[Kassitus]

I wonder if there are regulations that can actually stop this. I suspect they would always find a way around it.

 

[Blayt7hh]

It’s really too bad we can’t put aside our partisanship long enough to take care of this problem. Seems like 90% of people agree that this is #1 bullshit with congressman and judges and now the president taking bribes and doing insider trading.

This is how the people in power work though. They get all the voters to keep what shouting each other on it when the truth is most of them should get voted out of office over this. We had one candidate he really has campaigned and pushed to change this shit and we saw how hard the DNC worked to keep him out of the White House.

 

[Stoic1]

All legislators, spouse, and family living in thier home move stocks to index funds managed by a trust.

It really shouldn't be a big deal for the 8 year (maximum term limit enforced) legislator who got into politics to better their communities.

LOL yeah. Right. They got into politics to enrich themselves. They will never legislate controls over that.

 

[I Am Legion]

OK, but this is the Republican SOTH saying this dumb shit, not a DEM. The same party angling to make massive cuts to Medicare to pay for massive tax cuts. GTFO with your both-sides deflection.

Are you kidding me? You know who got the richest BY FAR from stocks right? Pelosi and Bernie. Ever wonder how Biden got so rich? You know who else is all of a sudden worth 30 million? Yup, AOC. Both sides do get rich of it, it is no deflection. It's wrong.

 

[IanEdwards]

Well, you see, by slashing Medicaid and giving tax cuts to rich people, it will obviously give poor people more money!

Duh.

They will be offering great deals on Trump-branded bootstraps

 

[HARRISON_3]

This is why we kneel.

 

[pinger]

If that's the case, how do they expect the average American to "take care of their family" when they earn far, far less than members of Congress?

Bootstraps