Apparently many of the commenters here are not familiar with the concept of a blind trust[0] or of people in positions of power recusing themselves from decisio

Apparently many of the commenters here are not familiar with the concept of a blind trust[0] or of people in positions of power recusing themselves from decisions in which they have a conflict of interest[1]. Basically, working in positions of governmental power should not have any kind of financial interest in anything they have power over, otherwise it will muddy their ability to govern in a way that is the best interest of the public. I'm a bit disturbed that this is not common, accepted knowledge. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_trust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_trust [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification