Mike Johnson says lawmakers should be able to continue owning stocks

Hard no. Govern for us and not for your purse. Represent the people — not yourself.

If it discourages people running, that’s great. We don’t need them.

He suggested that a stock trading ban could discourage people from running for office.

Good. The type of people who would be discouraged by this are exactly the people we want to keep out of power.

If someone is discouraged from running for office because it's no longer a corrupt as fuck get rich scheme, good fucking riddance.

US T-Bills only.

He suggested that a stock trading ban could discourage people from running for office.

That's precisely the point. If you need 'encouragement' in the form of millions of dollars in personal gain in order to be a government official - you're not the right person for the job.

If Carter was willing to give up his farm, you can muster up enough balls to stop trading stocks while you're in office.

And if it discourages people running for office, that seems like a feature, not a bug.

"Corrupt politician says politicians should be allowed to be corrupt."

We SHOULD discourage people who want to run for office for the stock trading opportunities from running for office. FUCK those people.

He suggested that a stock trading ban could discourage people from running for office.

People like you maybe. Hopefully.

Awweeeeee is someone not paid enough by their job 😭😭 fucking cry about it, suit

People in positions of power, should be barred from stocks, have fixed and modest incomes attached to the poverty line, and other such fiscal limitations. It has been proven time and again, that the rich will do anything to become richer, no matter who else it hurts.

And no, I am not going to believe people who say "this doesn't reward merit". That is a belief espoused by fools or grifters.

The average income should allow the ordinary person to own a house, be free of debt, and enjoy life. Dickheads like Mike Johnson are far beyond what allows a person to be happy.

I wonder if Johnson is honest with himself about being a vile, corrupt piece of shit. Or if he kids himself that he's righteous and doing good things in Congress.

When all this is over for maga, he'll still carry the Trump-sized hand impression up his puppet ass for the rest of his days. History will paint all of them exactly as they are.

This fuckwad wouldn’t know a conflict of interest if it bit him in the ass or his son found it while searching through his father’s porn history.

You can still own stocks, you just can't TRADE on insider information, dipshit.

Keep in the indexes like every other schlub has to. That'll give you a bit more incentive to not sell out your fucking country and ensure a HEALTHY market instead of tilting it every which way in favor of whichever lobbyist is currently licking your taint.

How about we eliminate corruption eh?

Sure, in a blind trust.

You apparently don't even have a checking account, Mike. On these matters, I trust you as far as I can throw you. Which isn't very far, by the way; I'm not that fit.

Wrong again, doesn’t he get tired of being utterly and completely wrong?

He suggested that a stock trading ban could discourage people from running for office.

That’s exactly the fucking point. We don’t want stock trading people running for office.

Lawmakers should be pilloried.

Don't let this pedophile protector fool you, the bill states they can only have INVESTMENT accounts like the rest of us have. Mutual funds, 401k, IRA.

They SHOULD NOT be able to trade stocks as they are insiders and that is a felony for the rest of us who aren't politicians.

Very cut and dry what he is saying, he wants to continue to scam us and do insider trading, while the rest of us struggle to gain 4-13% a year in growth.

Good! The LAST thing we Want is for Politicians to take the Job to HELP people! That would be TERRIBLE! I WANT my Politicians to ONLY do whatever will Make them RICHEST!

Corrupt oligarch says what?

Wasn't he also the guy that claimed he didn't have a bank account?

Have funds in an index fund but not specific stocks.

I could accept owning stock, but no buying or selling as of the moment you register as a candidate until a year out of office

Direct democracy solves this.

Introduces a host a new problems sure.

But fuck it our representatives aren't riding to Congress in covered wagons anymore.

Mike Johnson should be locked in s pair of stocks til he learns to not be a trumper

Erm, owning stocks and actively trading them using insider information or being able to actively manipulate said stocks are not quite the same thing.

On the one hand, no fucking way. On the other hand it seems like the tail (corpos) is wagging the dog (gov't) anyway, so it doesn't matter. Zero-commission trades for the masses anyone? What a quest!

The quiet part: me and a lot of others got this job so that we could be rich, not actually do a good job running a country.

And I say no.

Who are the poor morons that keep voting for these leeches?

Interesting idea. I can see it as a real disincentive to capable people who might otherwise be interested in politics. I was thinking perhaps they could be limited to index funds. Otherwise a politician might try to hide their deals via a spouse, family member, or even something more extreme.