A senator could vote for an infrastructure bill, then buy stock in concrete. Or they could sit on the Armed Services Committee and trade in defense contractors stock.
Lawmakers could vote for infrastructure bill, then buy stock in a concrete firm.
Correct. It’s the enforcement of the law that needs to change.
Specifically, enforcement needs to be automated, rather than relying on someone in the political game manually pulling the trigger. Because that someone at the moment has every politics reason not to, thus enforcement is the exception and not the norm
Correct. The problem is that it’s not enforced on senator’s as they don’t want to indict their fellow congressperson
Sure, but if that’s true then banning it with another law won’t change anything.
Correct. It’s the enforcement of the law that needs to change.
Specifically, enforcement needs to be automated, rather than relying on someone in the political game manually pulling the trigger. Because that someone at the moment has every politics reason not to, thus enforcement is the exception and not the norm