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Anyone remember this?
When it comes to Occupying Wall Street, Sarah Palin says nobody’s better at it than Congress.
In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Friday, Palin blasts politicians “who arrive in Washington, D.C. as men and women of modest means” and “leave as millionaires,” citing Peter Schweizer’s new book, “Throw Them All Out,” in which he alleges some lawmakers have traded on insider information.
Palin writes that the “sickening” ways in which some members of Congress rake in extra cash is not just confined to one political party, but represents an “endemic problem” on both sides of the aisle.
“The tea party’s mission has always been opposition to waste and crony capitalism,” Palin writes. The “Occupy protesters must realize that Washington politicians have been ‘Occupying Wall Street’ long before anyone pitched a tent in Zuccotti Park.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2011/11/palin-in-wsj-congress-occupying-wall-street-068666
If you had insider trading knowledge like congress you could have enjoyed even bigger returns.
None of those are even slightly exotic stocks. It’s about as mainstream as you can get.
Filth is out there trying to smear her because she was too enthusiastic about exposing the Epstein/Mossad spy ring and doesn’t take AIPAC bribes.
Every constituent should be entitled to receive instant trading signals for each trade made by their Congress-creature’s portfolio. Why shouldn’t we enjoy the benefits of their insider trading?
Many of us have, even those that may not realize it. They’re the top stocks in many mutual funds.
If she were to be buying them disproportionately to other stocks, unlike most mutual funds, then yeah...her returns would be extremely impressive.
That’s why I spell it Congre$$
Having inside information can do wonders to have a "better handle on the markets.
You might do as well as she does if you had access to the same inside information, and legislation.
All of congress is a bunch of utterly corrupt, self-serving sacks of Obama. I don't care which side of the aisle they're sitting on, they're ALL crooks.
However, can we please oh please dispense with the word "millionaire" being used like it can be achieved only through illegal means? Especially considering how long a lot of people are in Congress.
Everyday middle class families can become millionaires by simply living on a budget and setting aside some of your income to investing. Even if your only investing strategy is to invest in plain mutual funds (i.e. an S&P 500 index fund). $500/month can become $1 million in 30 years. Congress critters probably get paid enough to invest 3 or 4 times as much (even with no shady income coming in).
……And she worked just long enough to be vested for a pension. A real dedicated gal, always there for her constituents, way to go, jeopardizing the house majority.
You missed the point. A 401K has very limited investment options, at least mine does. If I had the option to pick stocks chance for gains is much more. 476% isn’t so ridiculous over the past 5 years. My piddly brokerage account is 1200% in the past 3. That is a novice dinking around, not even a dedicated financial guy like she has.
Wall street like so many others own most of congress.
aka gridlock
Looking above, she simply did some rebalancing. She’s got a lot of work to do to catch up with many others in congress, and now she’s not there anymore to get the inside info.
“Having inside information can do wonders to have a “better handle on the markets.”
Virtually everyone owns some or all those stocks, they are quite popular. No inside info needed.
I am not defending MTG. However....
It is not a secret that PALANTIR went up more in 2024 than any other stock including NVIDIA.
The whole market pulled back this past winter and bottomed out in March/April. I too bought PALANTIR in April at ($88). I also bought NVIDIA when it pulled back to $115.
All of this is public knowledge. You don’t have to have insider information to buy the two most high flying stocks of the last five years.
I wish I had the inside scoop congressmutts have. I went from a very comfortable 7 figures a year pre kung flu to basically minimum wage. I invested in machinery, software, some real estate, and shiny things. It all went to crap with the Chomo in Chief. It has been a tough recovery for small manufacturing biz like mine.
I should have run for congress.
She gets elected to Congress as a no hold barred MAGA fighter, while racking huge stock gains and then resigning just days after vesting in a lifetime Congressional Pension.
IMO, she’s your run of the mill Congressional Grifter.
And don’t forget that one of her reasons for quitting was that, while she previously talked a good game about illegal immigration, she got all “wee-wee’d up” when she realized that Trump was serious about deporting everyone. Suddenly valued her construction company’s illegal labor more than what is best for America.
People who haven’t done well always suspect the worst of everyone who has.
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