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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPerdue traded bank stock while sitting on Banking Committee
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Robert Reich
@RBReich
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Nov 27, 2020
Sen. David Perdue traded thousands of dollars in bank stocks while serving on the Senate Banking Committee, even as he helped pass bills benefiting the financial industry.
If this isn't corruption, I don't know what is. Georgia voters must vote him out of office on Jan 5.
Robert Reich
@RBReich
David Perdue traded bank stocks while sitting on Banking Committee
Georgia senator co-sponsored 14 bills benefiting finance industry, and got millions in campaign contributions
salon.com
Robert Reich
@RBReich
·
Nov 27, 2020
Sen. David Perdue traded thousands of dollars in bank stocks while serving on the Senate Banking Committee, even as he helped pass bills benefiting the financial industry.
If this isn't corruption, I don't know what is. Georgia voters must vote him out of office on Jan 5.
Robert Reich
@RBReich
David Perdue traded bank stocks while sitting on Banking Committee
Georgia senator co-sponsored 14 bills benefiting finance industry, and got millions in campaign contributions
salon.com
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Perdue traded bank stock while sitting on Banking Committee (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Nov 2020
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Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)1. Republicans will just say he was being a smart businessman.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)3. The new AG might disagree !
I wonder will McConnell ensure Perdue and Loeffler get pardons, if they win on January 5th ?
Kid Berwyn
(14,897 posts)2. Georgia voters should know this.
Then, we need to mention how the rich get richer and the rest of us get poorer.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,331 posts)4. Are there ads running in Georgia telling voters about this?
Wednesdays
(17,359 posts)5. K&R. nt
ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)6. Should He Own Any?
Let alone make trades. The conflict of interest is pretty obvious.
And if recuses himself from every hearing or vote, he's not very useful as a chairman.
The act of stock ownership in the industry one oversees seems anathema to good government.