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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
FluentInFinance ("Andrew Lokenauth") wrote:
JUST IN: Trump bought up to $5 million of Axon stock.
Two weeks later, ICE moved toward a $220 million Taser deal.
Axon makes Tasers. Axon also controls 90% of the US Taser market.
And the White House says there are “no conflicts of interest.”
Politicians should not be trading individual stocks while the Government is handing out contracts.
Public office should be public service.
It's pretty crazy that insider trading is illegal for everyone except the people who make the laws.