• DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    To my surprise this is actually illegal for members of Congress per the STOCK Act of 2012:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act

    I was going to reply that this is totally legal but decided to fact check myself.

    They all do it. There’s no other way to earn millions and millions of dollars making $174k a year…

    • anon_8675309@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      There’s no way to make millions and millions from stock purchases on $174k in any short period of time. They’re using other funds.