Not to be pessimistic, but I'm surprised that anyone even being considered for insider trading, it's legal for Congress to do it, why shouldn't rich people be a

Not to be pessimistic, but I'm surprised that anyone even being considered for insider trading, it's legal for Congress to do it, why shouldn't rich people be able to do it? It will probably end up the same way as the credit default swaps, rich people trying to flip houses, banks selling shady packages to the middle class, and the US taxpayer providing a bailout and poor people getting the blame. The idea of justice or consumer protection in the US is a joke.