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And... thus the incentive of is made clear of why wealthy, stock owning politicians pushed so hard for this bill.
by cwwc 6y ago
And... thus the incentive of is made clear of why wealthy, stock owning politicians pushed so hard for this bill.
- smt88 6y agoJust to be clear, you think politicians who own stock would (should?) have opposed this bill, except they knew that it would increase the value of their portfolio? This was a bill with huge bipartisan support (only 34% of Americans opposed it[1]) and a near-consensus among economics on the left and right that it would boost the economy. Why would you want politicians to fight it? And in the sense that owning stocks at all is a bet on the economy improving, shouldn't you want politicians to want the economy to improve? "Let's give unemployed people money" is just so far from an evil, self-serving plot that I don't know what to make of your comment. What is the conspiracy here? 1. https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_030321/ https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthp...