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This is like the CEOs who "only get paid $1" Salary is not where congresspeople make their money and if you don't think that being in congress is a good way to

• lesuorac 1y ago
  > This is like the CEOs who "only get paid $1" We're so obviously talking about total compensation. CEOs making $1 while getting billions in stock appreciation or literally hundreds of millions in stock grants are not making $1/year by any reasonable definition. > f you don't think that being in congress is a good way to make lots of money right now I don't know what to tell you So, you want to keep the status quo where the people who are correctly compensated for their role are the ones willing to front-run their own citizens? (And also spending their time front-running instead of their elected job?)
  • sumeno 1y ago
    > So, you want to keep the status quo where the people who are correctly compensated for their role are the ones willing to front-run their own citizens? (And also spending their time front-running instead of their elected job? No, those are actually entirely different words than what I have said.
• packetlost 1y ago
  The point is reducing that reliance on side channels, including the topical ban on trading.