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Am I missing something? He didn’t seem to do anything illegal. This is the second article from ProPublica which: - accuses people of doing something that is p
by nickpp 5y ago
Am I missing something? He didn’t seem to do anything illegal.
This is the second article from ProPublica which:
- accuses people of doing something that is perfectly legal
- singles out one or two such people and exposes their private matters
Is that ok just because they are rich? There is another comment thread going on right now where people are absolutely furious that they are tracked for targeted ads. How would they feel if their tax info was displayed online for all to see?
- medvezhenok 5y agoThere is an argument whether investing in securities that are non-public and have no official price (especially ones you have a controlling stake in) should be illegal (even if it isn't right now). I think that's what the article is about. If he contributed $5000, bought bitcoin at 1 cent and had the same amount of money now, it would be a non-issue.
- NonEUCitizen 5y agoand blames people for following the law instead of congress for writing the law as such.
- ffggvv 5y agoand hypocritically the media publishes this info and discusses it. yet refusing to discuss other disclosures as "private".