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Its called grift. You and I are not in the club. https://www.npr.org/2016/08/17/490102648/the-clintons-wrote-the-book-on-how-politicians-climb-out-of-middle-cl
by fireeyed 6y ago
Its called grift. You and I are not in the club.
https://www.npr.org/2016/08/17/490102648/the-clintons-wrote-the-book-on-how-politicians-climb-out-of-middle-class https://www.npr.org/2016/08/17/490102648/the-clintons-wrote-...
- war1025 6y agoGot a real kick out of this quote: > "The Clintons have always been very careful to walk about two inches inside the line,"
- JMTQp8lwXL 6y agoIf most politicians are willing to walk inside the line (which is a good thing), maybe we need to change where the line is, if it's not benefitting society.
- jaywalk 6y agoYes, I'm sure our politicians will get right on that...
- hajile 6y agoA normal person's investments get around 4-6% increase per year. A politician's investments get 25-35% increase per year. It's hard to rationalize that happening across the board without insider trading. Obama very publicly "held politicians accountable" with the STOCK act and then very privately pulled it's teeth a couple months later (keeping it technically illegal while making it all but impossible to investigate). Politicians should not be permitted to pass legislation concerning their conduct. Perhaps it should be put to state and national ballots as appropriate with a direct vote from the people.