House Speaker Mike Johnson said that members of Congress should be able to continue owning stocks.
He suggested that a stock trading ban could discourage people from running for office.
Earlier this year, Johnson expressed support for a ban, citing the “appearance of impropriety.”
On the one hand, no fucking way. On the other hand it seems like the tail (corpos) is wagging the dog (gov’t) anyway, so it doesn’t matter. Zero-commission trades for the masses anyone? What a quest!