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Insider Trading

Your Congress at Work

Last week, the New York Times reported the passage of a bill in the Senate prohibiting members of Congress from “insider trading”.

Now I ask you good citizens what does this mean?  That insider trading by Congressmen was allowed prior to this attempt to block it?  If you or I were caught by the Securities and Exchange Commission for insider trading we would be faced with the loss of any gains, fines and possible jail time.

Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark. 

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