I don't know. I am a layman. There is clearly a conflict of interest when a person who has the power to kill competition via regulation, or give corporate hando

I don't know. I am a layman. There is clearly a conflict of interest when a person who has the power to kill competition via regulation, or give corporate handouts via incentives and subsidies can invest in those very same companies. I was wrong to state trading with insider information (although knowing what regulation will happen certainly seems like a form of privileged information) was the root problem here. The conflict of interest is what is corrosive to society.