Gerry Connolly will oversee corruption in the federal government despite being accused of violating the STOCK Act in 2023.
      • boonhet@lemm.ee
        21·
        10 hours ago

        ETFs should be fine, individual stocks not.

        And even ETF purchases and sales should be declared a week in advance or sth.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          4·
          9 hours ago

          I like the idea you’re going for but it’s not sufficient.

          • ETFs can have narrow holdings, or be actively managed
          • other investments like mutual funds can have wide holdings and be passively managed
          • an appropriate trust can take the person out of decision making for his holding without giving them up
          • boonhet@lemm.ee
            3·
            8 hours ago

            An improvement on my original idea then:

            A congressional trust that any representative can pay into, that is only allowed to invest in wide US-based index funds (or it could build its own index fund) or US bonds, etc. Basically: Allow them to invest in the future of the country they’re managing. Don’t limit it to only politicians, either. Let everyone invest if they want.

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
        167·
        1 day ago

        Honestly, at this point we just need to dissolve the US in its entirety. I no longer believe it can be saved. We need to grant all 50 states full independence. They can then come back together and form whatever new nation or nations they want. The existing union is broken beyond all repair. It can no longer be salvaged.

        • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
          13·
          1 day ago

          I like where your head is at, but that’s a terrible idea that will just lead to all the Red States going full jihad on “others”

        • kreskin@lemmy.world
          32·
          1 day ago

          Biden could premptively pardon every American for choosing to secede if they want to and we can just end it now with no repercussions or violence.