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> Three months ago there were rumors that there was something brewing in some part of China I disagree. Anyone paying attention knew, in the first weeks of Jan
by coliveira 7y ago
> Three months ago there were rumors that there was something brewing in some part of China
I disagree. Anyone paying attention knew, in the first weeks of January, that something very dangerous was happening. Moreover, we cannot equate the US government to a common person. They have the most expensive intelligence apparatus in the world. And we have an expensive government exactly to protect the population against real threats like this.
- paulmd 7y agoCongress was even briefed as such. They then went and sold their stocks, while downplaying it to the rest of us. AOC is right, it's time to make stock trading flat-out illegal for members of congress. They hold index funds or nothing.
- abraae 7y agoThey could have dumped their index funds for cash for a huge profit.
- extrapickles 7y agoThey should also be restricted to buying/selling with a 1-2 quarter lag on the buy/sell order to prevent them from dumping the indexes when they learn of something that will move the entire market like the current situation.