US Senators Have $96 Million In Stocks, Including Companies They Oversee

[rightwinger]

Several lawmakers hold shares in companies they oversee, the analysis found. Sen. Richard Shelby owns between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock in Tuscaloosa Title Company, a private real estate insurance firm, despite sitting on Senate housing and insurance subcommittees. Nine other members of the Senate banking committee hold financial stocks including Sen. Doug Jones, Sen. John Kennedy, and Sen. Robert Menendez.

US senators have reportedly piled up to $96 million into stocks, including companies they regulate | Markets Insider

I'm sure it's all honest.

When I worked for the Government, you had to disclose your stock holdings every year

If you were assigned to a contract, you either had to excuse yourself or sell the stock

 

[FA_Q2]

Several lawmakers hold shares in companies they oversee, the analysis found. Sen. Richard Shelby owns between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock in Tuscaloosa Title Company, a private real estate insurance firm, despite sitting on Senate housing and insurance subcommittees. Nine other members of the Senate banking committee hold financial stocks including Sen. Doug Jones, Sen. John Kennedy, and Sen. Robert Menendez.

US senators have reportedly piled up to $96 million into stocks, including companies they regulate | Markets Insider

I'm sure it's all honest.

When I worked for the Government, you had to disclose your stock holdings every year

If you were assigned to a contract, you either had to excuse yourself or sell the stock

Unless you are a senator or a congressman, then you can own and manage whatever stocks you want.

 

[rightwinger]

Several lawmakers hold shares in companies they oversee, the analysis found. Sen. Richard Shelby owns between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock in Tuscaloosa Title Company, a private real estate insurance firm, despite sitting on Senate housing and insurance subcommittees. Nine other members of the Senate banking committee hold financial stocks including Sen. Doug Jones, Sen. John Kennedy, and Sen. Robert Menendez.

US senators have reportedly piled up to $96 million into stocks, including companies they regulate | Markets Insider

I'm sure it's all honest.

When I worked for the Government, you had to disclose your stock holdings every year

If you were assigned to a contract, you either had to excuse yourself or sell the stock

Unless you are a senator or a congressman, then you can own and manage whatever stocks you want.

LOL

They are the ones who forced the rules on Federal Employees because they could not be trusted

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Several lawmakers hold shares in companies they oversee, the analysis found. Sen. Richard Shelby owns between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock in Tuscaloosa Title Company, a private real estate insurance firm, despite sitting on Senate housing and insurance subcommittees. Nine other members of the Senate banking committee hold financial stocks including Sen. Doug Jones, Sen. John Kennedy, and Sen. Robert Menendez.

US senators have reportedly piled up to $96 million into stocks, including companies they regulate | Markets Insider

I'm sure it's all honest.

When I worked for the Government, you had to disclose your stock holdings every year

If you were assigned to a contract, you either had to excuse yourself or sell the stock

Unless you are a senator or a congressman, then you can own and manage whatever stocks you want.

LOL

They are the ones who forced the rules on Federal Employees because they could not be trusted

Trusted with what? If you pickup garbage for the federal government, what would they care what stocks you have?

 

[rightwinger]

Several lawmakers hold shares in companies they oversee, the analysis found. Sen. Richard Shelby owns between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock in Tuscaloosa Title Company, a private real estate insurance firm, despite sitting on Senate housing and insurance subcommittees. Nine other members of the Senate banking committee hold financial stocks including Sen. Doug Jones, Sen. John Kennedy, and Sen. Robert Menendez.

US senators have reportedly piled up to $96 million into stocks, including companies they regulate | Markets Insider

I'm sure it's all honest.

When I worked for the Government, you had to disclose your stock holdings every year

If you were assigned to a contract, you either had to excuse yourself or sell the stock

Unless you are a senator or a congressman, then you can own and manage whatever stocks you want.

LOL

They are the ones who forced the rules on Federal Employees because they could not be trusted

Trusted with what? If you pickup garbage for the federal government, what would they care what stocks you have?

There are no garbage collectors in the federal government
That would be your line of work

 

[whitehall]

Politicians have the same right to own stocks as Hollywood celebs or you and me.

 

[FA_Q2]

Politicians have the same right to own stocks as Hollywood celebs or you and me.

No, you don't. There are laws about insider trading that you have to follow that limit your ability to own or sell stocks. Those laws do not apply to congressmen.

They have MORE rights than you, me or Hollywood celebs to own stocks.

 

[rightwinger]

Politicians have the same right to own stocks as Hollywood celebs or you and me.

Yes they do

And if those holdings compromise their objectivity or create a conflict of interest, they should recuse themselves

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Several lawmakers hold shares in companies they oversee, the analysis found. Sen. Richard Shelby owns between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock in Tuscaloosa Title Company, a private real estate insurance firm, despite sitting on Senate housing and insurance subcommittees. Nine other members of the Senate banking committee hold financial stocks including Sen. Doug Jones, Sen. John Kennedy, and Sen. Robert Menendez.

US senators have reportedly piled up to $96 million into stocks, including companies they regulate | Markets Insider

I'm sure it's all honest.

When I worked for the Government, you had to disclose your stock holdings every year

If you were assigned to a contract, you either had to excuse yourself or sell the stock

Unless you are a senator or a congressman, then you can own and manage whatever stocks you want.

LOL

They are the ones who forced the rules on Federal Employees because they could not be trusted

Trusted with what? If you pickup garbage for the federal government, what would they care what stocks you have?

There are no garbage collectors in the federal government
That would be your line of work

Oh sure there are, just like maintenance guys that work for the federal government, floor sweepers and washers, or grounds keepers. They have no influence on the companies they own stock with. Again, that's only on the higher levels where favors can be exchanged.

 

[rightwinger]

When I worked for the Government, you had to disclose your stock holdings every year

If you were assigned to a contract, you either had to excuse yourself or sell the stock

Unless you are a senator or a congressman, then you can own and manage whatever stocks you want.

LOL

They are the ones who forced the rules on Federal Employees because they could not be trusted

Trusted with what? If you pickup garbage for the federal government, what would they care what stocks you have?

There are no garbage collectors in the federal government
That would be your line of work

Oh sure there are, just like maintenance guys that work for the federal government, floor sweepers and washers, or grounds keepers. They have no influence on the companies they own stock with. Again, that's only on the higher levels where favors can be exchanged.

The federal government has no maintenance workers, floor sweepers, or groundskeepers

Those jobs were contracted out 50 years ago

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Unless you are a senator or a congressman, then you can own and manage whatever stocks you want.

LOL

They are the ones who forced the rules on Federal Employees because they could not be trusted

Trusted with what? If you pickup garbage for the federal government, what would they care what stocks you have?

There are no garbage collectors in the federal government
That would be your line of work

Oh sure there are, just like maintenance guys that work for the federal government, floor sweepers and washers, or grounds keepers. They have no influence on the companies they own stock with. Again, that's only on the higher levels where favors can be exchanged.

The federal government has no maintenance workers, floor sweepers, or groundskeepers

Those jobs were contracted out 50 years ago

Hmmmm, very strange. Because one of my former coworkers claimed that's pretty much what he did here at NASA when he worked there.

 

[rightwinger]

LOL

They are the ones who forced the rules on Federal Employees because they could not be trusted

Trusted with what? If you pickup garbage for the federal government, what would they care what stocks you have?

There are no garbage collectors in the federal government
That would be your line of work

Oh sure there are, just like maintenance guys that work for the federal government, floor sweepers and washers, or grounds keepers. They have no influence on the companies they own stock with. Again, that's only on the higher levels where favors can be exchanged.

The federal government has no maintenance workers, floor sweepers, or groundskeepers

Those jobs were contracted out 50 years ago

Hmmmm, very strange. Because one of my former coworkers claimed that's pretty much what he did here at NASA when he worked there.

I started working Federal Government in 1978 and menial jobs had been contracted out in the early 60s

I can assure you NASA does not have floor sweepers on the payroll

 

[FA_Q2]

Trusted with what? If you pickup garbage for the federal government, what would they care what stocks you have?

There are no garbage collectors in the federal government
That would be your line of work

Oh sure there are, just like maintenance guys that work for the federal government, floor sweepers and washers, or grounds keepers. They have no influence on the companies they own stock with. Again, that's only on the higher levels where favors can be exchanged.

The federal government has no maintenance workers, floor sweepers, or groundskeepers

Those jobs were contracted out 50 years ago

Hmmmm, very strange. Because one of my former coworkers claimed that's pretty much what he did here at NASA when he worked there.

I started working Federal Government in 1978 and menial jobs had been contracted out in the early 60s

I can assure you NASA does not have floor sweepers on the payroll

Most places have contracted it out. That is not a universal truth.

 

[rightwinger]

There are no garbage collectors in the federal government
That would be your line of work

Oh sure there are, just like maintenance guys that work for the federal government, floor sweepers and washers, or grounds keepers. They have no influence on the companies they own stock with. Again, that's only on the higher levels where favors can be exchanged.

The federal government has no maintenance workers, floor sweepers, or groundskeepers

Those jobs were contracted out 50 years ago

Hmmmm, very strange. Because one of my former coworkers claimed that's pretty much what he did here at NASA when he worked there.

I started working Federal Government in 1978 and menial jobs had been contracted out in the early 60s

I can assure you NASA does not have floor sweepers on the payroll

Most places have contracted it out. That is not a universal truth.

That is my experience

Very few corporations have janitors and groundskeepers on the payroll