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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America first.
Not sure what would be unethical about that since they don't dictate policy nor represent anyone in any public capacity.
yeah... so did I, and I have made 100’s of thousands. It was a no brainer, sorry you didn’t think of it.
But it EVERY crisis there is opportunity, if you only can step back a bit from the trees to see the forest.
There’s more blue collars on here than you think I started out enlisted, and Blue Collar but through the sheer number of years on the job I became of the middle management, but still on pulling a lot of time on the road. Middle mgmt with a laptop and a tech team.
I only had savings bonds until I was mid 30s and had a few conversations and started a basic plan... the market was booming, The Reagan years...
I remember when Money Markets were at 13% and Vanguard’s were running hot. Hell, it was only beer and movie money I was putting away... MY OLD MAN WAS RIGHT!!! and might have been the first time in my life I realized it.
It grew and continues, fluctuates, and as we both realize... if you’re not hands on and use brokerages instead, you won’t realize where the money is being worked.
“And Donald Trump.”
GREAT POINT, although the Left thinks, rather ‘claims’, he made money on it. Not even close...and the Left knows that full well.
“And Donald Trump.”
GREAT POINT, although the Left thinks, rather ‘claims’, he made money on it. Not even close...and the Left knows that full well.
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Pres. Trump even donated his president salary. Don’t see Biden doing that, even though he is a multi-millionaire.
Surprise! This IS the deep state, hard at work lining their own pockets...including RINOs.
This is also why i will never join the republican party even though I have no choice but to vote for them.
If you were paying attention…..
Moderna in particular was a big opportunity. The stock jumped by over 2000% in a mere 18 months. They had nothing on the ball prior to Covid and profited enormously from collaboration with the NIH.
yep, our “leaders” investing in our misery, economic destruction and death ... you don’t suppose they’d have an incentive to keep The Terror going, do you?
“Meh, msn doesn’t like that I use a VPN so they give me a blank page.”
the problem might be your browser ...
Why?
Capitalism involves investing, taking risks and making money.
The fact you have no money to invest in a perceived gain should have no bearing
And yet that expect US to be honest. Otherwise we go to jail. Those parasites? Not so much.
Most have committed at least one felony to get where they are. If not, they will while in office.
I'm surprised if the legislators can't claim ignorance. "My fund manager makes these decisions, not me!" The strategy is not only to make money but to make ignorance a virtue; to stay clean and above board, the lawmaker says he has inside information, ergo he should not know what his manager's doing and vice versa.
Maybe I have to bone up on Crony Cap!
Mo’s wife sold pharmaceutical stocks and was late in reporting.
I think this report is designed to tarnish Mo Brooks so the Mitch McConnell can get Katie Britt (Shelby’s hand-picked successor) elected to the Senate.
The fact that this is insider trading negates your argument that it is capitalism.
When the regulators invest, it is criminality. The fact that you cannot see that is quite telling.
I take your point, but these lawmakers decide what is criminality.
Um, I think there’s a HUGE difference between a few private citizens buying a stock and politicians buying stock then making policy that would directly affect their financial holdings. Your comment was silly, imho.
Yes. :)
For this I shall gladly buy you a beverage, alcoholic or non. At least one! Yours for the asking! Don’t be shy!
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