Opinion by Paul Waldman: On stock trades and unionization, lawmakers face big ethical tests
Even when it’s not corrupt, it feeds the widespread belief among the public that CongressSo why not just say that as long as you serve in Congress, you must either keep the stocks you have and see how they do until you leave office, or put your holdings into mutual funds, which is what smart people do anyway? Why would that be some kind of hardship?Let’s ask Tuberville. “I think it’s ridiculous. They might as well start sending robots up here,” hewhen asked about these proposals.
Indeed, what’s the point of being in Congress if you can’t trade individual stocks? It’s not like it’s supposed to be aNow let’s consider the unionization question. Poor treatment of congressional staffers is notorious: underpaid, overworked and subject to the whims of bosses for whom a gigantic ego is practically its own job requirement. If you interviewed in any other sector and saw every wall covered with pictures of the boss, you’d probably run.
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