Posted on 12/13/2021 3:19:59 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
At least 75 federal lawmakers held shares of Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, or Pfizer in 2020. Lawmakers' holding stock in these companies has prompted ethical concerns.
Several other lawmakers traded shares of companies with a direct stake in the pandemic.
Dozens of Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill have invested in companies that have a direct stake in the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Insider analysis of federal financial records.
In 2020, at least 13 senators and 35 US representatives held shares of Johnson & Johnson, the medical behemoth that produced the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that more than 15 million Americans have received.
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[Quote] Did you happen to note I had no problem telling you I try everything humanly possible not to invest, or purchase products from these big corporations who promote Communism, China, Socialism, and Marxism? [unquote]
Where do you shop? Do you use big box home improvement stores? Do you shop chain grocery stores? Do you stop online?
After you spend your money at those types of retailers and in between YOUR billing cycle on your credit card (if you use one). Those same companies will take all the sales they collected within a certain time frame and invest it.
It might be a week or maybe two weeks, it could be just a few days... money moves around at the speed of light, it’s all Digital
Those companies which YOU have chosen to purchase goods from, invest their accounts receivable into a variety of investment vehicles which are not transparent.
Why? To increase their profits and keep their shareholders and stakeholders happy.
A statement such as:
“I try everything humanly possible not to invest, or purchase products from these big corporations who promote Communism, China, Socialism, and Marxism?”
might not be as accurate as you suppose.
Are you unwittingly and in all probability stating something that is not at all factual?
What people have control over is the selection of a fiduciary that meets their approval.
(Hint) There are “buy USA” portfolios. You should check it out but you probably won’t.
And... since you don’t give a rip yet unknowingly feed the Beast anyway through your purchasing habits why should you care?
“Still ducking, dodging and evading pertinent, legitimate straightforward questions.”
Which is still none of your business I’m not arguing about the legitimacy of your argument.
Ferrget it...You seem like a left over from the pro-Free Trade crowd....Who were basically greedy traitors. Those who chase profits regardless of consequences.
I sapoligize in that I refuse to play in your little private Inquisition but you are wrong, you assume too much, and it is still none of you business.
lol...You should have said that days ago before all the ducking, dancing, dodging and evading legitimate pertinent questions, that you now claim are none of my business.
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