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This is a tough one. Yeah I think it’s shady that the people who get closed door briefings on the economy can shift stocks around but I also don’t want to punish someone who is trying to secure their future in good faith. I believe most modern presidents have put their investments into blind trusts while in office, I think that could be a fair accommodation
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The article offers the solutions of index funds (which go up with the market as a whole, and remove conflict of interest concerns) or mutual funds (which are traded by others on their behalf, removing the Congressperson from decision making on individual funds).

I think either of those, and/or the blind trust would be viable options.
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SFC Casey O'Mally I’m not a market expert, but I would also want them to be able to preserve existing investments once they take office. A lot of them already have a portfolio by the time they get elected and I wouldn’t want them to have to dump it to move the money elsewhere if they’re one of those who made smart decisions/got lucky
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SFC Thomas Foreman I see the logic. The big problem I see is them using inside information to dump stock before it drops off. Making them sell it before taking their Seat is unfair, making them hold it (even if it is tanking) until they are out of office is unfair, and letting them actively trade it while in office lends itself to corruption. None of the solutions are good, moving it to blind trust / out of control of Congress critter seems like the LEAST BAD option.
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SFC Casey O'Mally and even that is pretty open to abuse but you’re right it’s the least crap option
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Too close to insider trading imo. They should all have to sign waivers not to trade while in Congress.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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Good question!
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