They also have to plan these things out ahead of time. They aren't making day by day decisions. Politicians and inside trading is not the problem people make it out to be.
https://www.investmentnews.com/pelosis-portfolio-performance...
One that can buy into their non-public companies too
Fuckin peanuts. Really don't care.
> billions and trillions spent blowing things up
These two things are not unrelated. Congresspeople having financial stakes in defense companies (Raytheon/Honeywell/Lockheed Martin/etc) while also making policy decisions that directly impact their bottom line (go to war/manufacture this equipment/send military aid) introduces a clear conflict of interest.
This is not true.