Congress can't cut it

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Submitted by Herman Kaufman (United States), Oct 6, 2016 17:45

I would agree that Congress, and not prosecutors and the courts, should be the entity to carve out the rules relating to insider trading. However, you are assuming that the members of Congress have both the fortitude and intellect to review the rules in question. Should we entrust this task to somebody like Bob Corker, who devised the statute that deprived the Senate of its Constitutional treaty power with respect to the ridiculous Iran nuclear deal. How about Nancy Pelosi or Barbara Boxer? Or Mitch McConnell? Are we going to trust these people to craft legislation in an esoteric area? Also. remember members of Congress can engage in insider trading with impunity.

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⇒ Congress can't cut it [112 words]Herman KaufmanOct 6, 2016 17:45
↔ Congress is impotent; it was self-inflicted [131 words]jamesbbkkOct 6, 2016 20:11
↔ Congresspersons are Prohibited From Insider Trading [191 words]David WeinkrantzOct 6, 2016 22:15

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