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  • @nread8
    @nread8 2 роки тому +340

    I'm impressed at Ossoff for already putting this out as a freshman senator. Trading stocks as a member of congress isn't "participating in the free market" when you have all the insider information. It's legalized corruption. Pelosi joins people like Dan Crenshaw on being really bad with this issue.

    • @wangpeng746
      @wangpeng746 2 роки тому +21

      That's because Ossoff basically won his seat by negative campaigning agaist Perdue's insider trading scandal. It is the least he can do to prove he is not just another hypocrite.

    • @sea_triscuit7980
      @sea_triscuit7980 2 роки тому +12

      Hopefully he's the first of a new breed of politicians... My opinion is that within this decade we're going to see alot more politicians like this who are sick and tired of the congressional stalemate

    • @g.d.graham2446
      @g.d.graham2446 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed

    • @karama5086
      @karama5086 2 роки тому

      0p

    • @fareedezzedeen8017
      @fareedezzedeen8017 2 роки тому +10

      Not only insider information, but also some kind of conflict of interest, they may not support a bill which benefits the public but bad for their investments.

  • @nonyabizness.original
    @nonyabizness.original 2 роки тому +301

    if i was ever going to play the stock market, i would just tell my broker "i'll have what congress is having".

    • @ghostpiratelechuck2259
      @ghostpiratelechuck2259 2 роки тому +20

      That’s why we shouldn’t ban them, their trades should just be disclosed instantly! We can all get rich!

    • @nikkycheeky
      @nikkycheeky 2 роки тому +3

      Upsize please

    • @AnaDiaz-wz4cf
      @AnaDiaz-wz4cf 2 роки тому +1

      That's exactly what the tik towers are doing investing in whatever nancy invests.

    • @g.d.graham2446
      @g.d.graham2446 2 роки тому

      Wouldn't be a bad idea

    • @TheSkullies
      @TheSkullies 2 роки тому +2

      and then, they sell it. while you are still in.

  • @yeseniaaguiniga2298
    @yeseniaaguiniga2298 2 роки тому +525

    Congress should be paid the average salary in the state they are living in.. that way they can feel what we feel..

    • @__-tz6xx
      @__-tz6xx 2 роки тому +15

      Nobody would want to be in congress anymore then and we wouldn't have it.

    • @JC-lk3oy
      @JC-lk3oy 2 роки тому +125

      @@__-tz6xx so you're saying civil SERVANTS are only in it for the money and power and not to actually serve? Man, you just blew my mind.

    • @cathleenc6943
      @cathleenc6943 2 роки тому +47

      They would definitely vote differently on measures to increase the minimum wage if this happened.

    • @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou
      @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou 2 роки тому +7

      That would just increase their incentive to be corrupt. Have you even given your suggestion 5 seconds of thought?

    • @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou
      @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou 2 роки тому +7

      @@cathleenc6943 No, they would just have more incentive to be corrupt.

  • @lorenrenee1
    @lorenrenee1 2 роки тому +312

    So pleased with Ossoff. Congress should totally be banned from the markets.

    • @Cafe-O-Milk
      @Cafe-O-Milk 2 роки тому +27

      All three branches should totally be banned from the markets.

    • @g.d.graham2446
      @g.d.graham2446 2 роки тому +3

      He's an impressive Senator. Thank you Georgia 😁

    • @GOODNOIGHT
      @GOODNOIGHT 2 роки тому +9

      @@Cafe-O-Milk And all the immediate family members

    • @emanuelcarmona9930
      @emanuelcarmona9930 2 роки тому +1

      Yes they should! We need this to become law for all members in congress

  • @a.c5009
    @a.c5009 2 роки тому +847

    This show makes me laugh but also depressed the more I learn. There is no end to the corruption. Get me off this planet.

    • @johmndoe8237
      @johmndoe8237 2 роки тому +14

      Unfortunately thats not a option so the ocean looks nice at this point

    • @ericmanso7355
      @ericmanso7355 2 роки тому +9

      Mars

    • @johmndoe8237
      @johmndoe8237 2 роки тому +9

      Radiation, no spinning core, no ozone, no soil and we don't know if the frozen water is drinkable yet.

    • @johmndoe8237
      @johmndoe8237 2 роки тому +7

      The ocean has way more room than land

    • @Adamkalb1
      @Adamkalb1 2 роки тому +7

      Absolute corruption powers absolutely. Yes, that expression can work the other way around when Donald Trump no longer has presidential power, but his supporters from the GOP and average citizens who voted for him want him to have absolute power for the rest of his life. They want him to be the king of the United States because they either do not understand or do not care that presidents are not kings. January 27, 2022, 1:48pm

  • @jellis9618
    @jellis9618 2 роки тому +301

    All stocks owned by members of congress should be liquidated and the funds used for stimulus. Reprehensible behavior by our ‘leaders’. I still say that members of the federal government should be required to subsist on minimum wage (only payable for days actually worked).

    • @Genesis8934
      @Genesis8934 2 роки тому +19

      Members of Congress you mean? Unelected Federal workers shouldn't be forced to live on minimum wage.

    • @azy7576
      @azy7576 2 роки тому +8

      Yes let's pay the ones making the decisions minimum wages I'm sure that doesn't caus corruption 🌝

    • @Chala112
      @Chala112 2 роки тому +12

      @@azy7576 they make a ton of money now and there's plenty of corruption so that ain't working.
      The members of Congress are currently extremely out of touch with the average american. The idea is that if they made minimum you'd end up with people who arent in it for the money and actually care about making a difference. Then they'd be incentivized raise the minimum wage and take care of people at the bottom because they'd actually have to live that experience.
      but anyways it wont happen since congress basically gets to set their own pay.

    • @pranithchotta1387
      @pranithchotta1387 2 роки тому

      Fomc live trade - ua-cam.com/video/BK9iGVjoop4/v-deo.html

    • @janisreasnor8687
      @janisreasnor8687 2 роки тому

      That's a Great Idea!!!

  • @shotjohnny
    @shotjohnny 2 роки тому +261

    The *ONLY* way these laws are going to change, is IF *WE THE PEOPLE* demand it. The reason these politicians get away with it, is because voters are quiet on the matter. EACH voter needs to make a call to their representatives; and also let Pelosi have it.

    • @pranithchotta1387
      @pranithchotta1387 2 роки тому

      Fomc live trade - ua-cam.com/video/BK9iGVjoop4/v-deo.html

    • @comradepickles7607
      @comradepickles7607 2 роки тому +13

      It's cute that you think the average american voter has any control over anything that happens to politicians

    • @DgurlSunshine
      @DgurlSunshine 2 роки тому +4

      @@comradepickles7607 TRY IT

    • @ericsuarez834
      @ericsuarez834 2 роки тому

      @@comradepickles7607 For now, education is becoming easier to get and other countries are giving us examples, at this rate no wonder Biden is trying to start a war to stop this change

    • @shotjohnny
      @shotjohnny 2 роки тому +12

      ​@@comradepickles7607 This is exactly what the establishment wants you to feel -- defeated & hopeless, so that voters just give up and don't do anything about it. People have a lot more power -- especially, when the organize and unite -- than they think. We've just been brainwashed to "not rock the boat too hard."
      You don't think that IF 1000+ people *actually* called Nancy Pelosi's office *every day* for months, asking her to support the new bill, that wouldn't leave an impact on her eventually?
      But most have this attitude, "let other's speak up, why me?) and so only few people complain and nothing changes.

  • @dspondike
    @dspondike 2 роки тому +126

    No real need for “term limits”. Remove the life-time pension, life-time government healthcare, the ability to trade stocks while in office. They won’t stay long.

    • @highserenity49
      @highserenity49 2 роки тому +2

      @A P ТУПОЙ
      Вернуться в штаб-квартиру для перепрограммирования

    • @Cubmaniac7
      @Cubmaniac7 2 роки тому +4

      That doesn’t make me feel better. Elections are term limits, but we should have term limits on leadership positions like speaker.

    • @dspondike
      @dspondike 2 роки тому +1

      @A P : If I did, so what? Are you a mind reader? I don't think you are.

    • @dspondike
      @dspondike 2 роки тому +3

      @@Cubmaniac7 : When the supreme court said that money = speech, they nullified the vote.

    • @kieranjaegar
      @kieranjaegar 2 роки тому

      @@dspondike Nice. What else you got?

  • @8Robba
    @8Robba 2 роки тому +94

    The sketch at the end was so energetic!
    I feel it was one of the only truly funny skits after an informative section I have seen in any news-satire shows in a while!

  • @rabidhellhound9714
    @rabidhellhound9714 2 роки тому +290

    "Put their stocks into a blind trust or pay a fine of their entire salaries." Let's see here. Blind trust, or pay a measely $200,000 and make MILLIONS off of insider trading that they will NEVER be prosecuted for? Such a tough choice...

    • @organizedchaos4559
      @organizedchaos4559 2 роки тому +6

      Well you can make the penalty 200,000 a dollar. That would hurt.

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul 2 роки тому +21

      There is a legal concept that could easily stop this sort of consideration dead in it's track:
      Forfeiture!

    • @ecocentriclife
      @ecocentriclife 2 роки тому +23

      Yeah $200,000 still isn't that much in the big picture, but at the very least it is saying "if you are getting rich by taking advantage of your civil servant role...then America certainly doesn't need to be paying you a dime"

    • @rabidhellhound9714
      @rabidhellhound9714 2 роки тому +14

      @@ecocentriclife But Nancy Pelosi was shown in the video of buying and selling MILLIONS of dollars of stock at a time. They ARE getting rich off of tax payer's dime, whether it's from a paycheck or simply abusing their time and resources to play the stock market to their advantage.

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 2 роки тому +8

      They should be forced to sell all their stocks before entering office

  • @michaelj.beglinjr.2804
    @michaelj.beglinjr.2804 2 роки тому +60

    Serving in Congress is supposed to be somewhat of a sacrifice one does for one's country, but since too many politicians see nothing wrong with insider trading, Congress needs barred from playing the market while they're in office. We don't send them to D.C. in order for them to get rich, and it's time we make them realize that.

    • @gerardoulloa8320
      @gerardoulloa8320 2 роки тому +1

      Y’all go after Bernie for making money out of selling books why don’t we let this politicians have it and keep calling then till they can’t get enough. Record it and make tiktoks on why they don’t answer.

    • @brosgee4529
      @brosgee4529 2 роки тому

      Now you know the so-called American democracy is a failed corrupt policy

    • @phanatic215
      @phanatic215 2 роки тому +1

      All they have to do is go on tv and run a distraction about immigrants or healthcare. Boom. There are a lot of single issue voters out there that don't care about corruption because their agenda is being served.

  • @onimichaelmulling6413
    @onimichaelmulling6413 2 роки тому +46

    Measley 200k a year? That's over twice what my parents combined income was when I was growing up ... And my mom was a special Ed teacher... Tells you what our politicians find important as far as where our tax payer dollars go.

    • @avamasquerade
      @avamasquerade 2 роки тому +1

      Yup, inflation+corruption is a blech, ain't it?

  • @MuggleKarp
    @MuggleKarp 2 роки тому +85

    Absolute best case scenario: literally every current politician is squeaky-clean with zero insider trading (wow), BUT should STILL have their stock-holding privileges REVOKED due to conflict of interest (and therefore the potential of corruption). The role of our representatives is too important to risk. Cut the umbilical.

    • @submittedbymail
      @submittedbymail 2 роки тому +2

      Reality of the situation, they all do it, they've all been doing it, its never going to stop.

    • @g.d.graham2446
      @g.d.graham2446 2 роки тому

      Agreed

    • @colorbugoriginals4457
      @colorbugoriginals4457 2 роки тому +1

      @@submittedbymail I'd be more optimistic, other strong countries have successfully forced their leaders to live humbly. Don't ever give up never know what's around the corner.

    • @submittedbymail
      @submittedbymail 2 роки тому

      @@colorbugoriginals4457 which countries?

    • @colorbugoriginals4457
      @colorbugoriginals4457 2 роки тому +1

      @@submittedbymail Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark ...

  • @07momisan
    @07momisan 2 роки тому +74

    You are amazing, Trevor. Love your "
    "If you don't know, now you know" program.

  • @agustinpereira3128
    @agustinpereira3128 2 роки тому +46

    Incredible skit at the end

  • @kevincooper0
    @kevincooper0 Рік тому +319

    I do think insider trading should be legalized, the only consequence would be that Company Reports would have little impact on the market because speculators would have to wait/hold since they are almost certain that someone has access to the company report ,the market would therefore achieve uncertainty, creating a fair ground.

    • @kevincooper0
      @kevincooper0 Рік тому

      @Ramon Fred I mean it might be considered cheating at times but a lot of big corporations do this to outperform the rest. I got off my righteous high horse a long time ago and it's paid out plenty I promise you.

    • @kevincooper0
      @kevincooper0 Рік тому

      @B Klaus Cassius.

    • @kevincooper0
      @kevincooper0 Рік тому

      Look him up. He has very close connections to the big whales in the United States. Even top SEC officials do insider trading, that's the part the public can never know about.

    • @Democratsknowbidensucks
      @Democratsknowbidensucks Рік тому

      ​@@kevincooper0you used a public email for youtube and leave these comments? Yikes but you just lied about everything.

  • @S1L3NTG4M3R
    @S1L3NTG4M3R 2 роки тому +58

    the saddest thing is... ALL of their stock buying is common knowledge, and NO ONE does anything to punish them... if you or I did this, we'd be fined and locked up.

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul 2 роки тому +7

      Got to love being able to write a set of laws that treat your group (Politicians) as an untouchable class....

    • @highserenity49
      @highserenity49 2 роки тому +4

      @@lostbutfreesoul Judges, DA's and Cops are an untouchable class......along with their families.

  • @Mr.aAdDies
    @Mr.aAdDies 2 роки тому +145

    Nancy changed her mind on stock trades VERY recently, it conveniently coincided with her decision to run for another term!😅

    • @TracyAllenPreplanner
      @TracyAllenPreplanner 2 роки тому +4

      I thought she was retiring? 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @Mfree22
      @Mfree22 2 роки тому +10

      Vote her out!!!

    • @avamasquerade
      @avamasquerade 2 роки тому +1

      Oh, well that's fine then 🤨

    • @cha7278
      @cha7278 2 роки тому +3

      Coincidences coincidences

    • @la7era1u54
      @la7era1u54 2 роки тому +7

      And she has had time to read them and realize they are all for show. Don't be fooled by these laws because they have many loopholes for congressional members to exploit. Congress was getting too much attention for their stock trading recently so they introduce these bills to make it seem like they are doing something about it, but these bills have loopholes you could drive a truck through. One such example of a loophole in one of the bills is trading through your dependent child. They can buy stocks in their kid's name and trade as much as they want. There are many more loopholes too. Why break the laws when you can make the laws???

  • @y23t248
    @y23t248 2 роки тому +15

    Crystal clear. No wonder Nancy Pelosi won't retire

  • @richardthomas5852
    @richardthomas5852 2 роки тому +6

    The closing sketch is brutally hilarious!🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @rayzerrey
    @rayzerrey 2 роки тому +13

    This Show is fun and educative, it's absolutely the Best ever. I am always on UA-cam to check on the notification about this show

  • @TheFlamespriest
    @TheFlamespriest 2 роки тому +39

    "Or pay a $200,000 fine"... they'll just do that if they are caught. They make millions of trading with non-public information. Feels like it's more of a symbolic gesture then.

    • @pranithchotta1387
      @pranithchotta1387 2 роки тому

      Fomc live trade - ua-cam.com/video/BK9iGVjoop4/v-deo.html

    • @cathleenc6943
      @cathleenc6943 2 роки тому +4

      $200k for each trade might work.

    • @organizedchaos4559
      @organizedchaos4559 2 роки тому +3

      @@cathleenc6943 or per day, or hour, or minute, or second.

    • @cathleenc6943
      @cathleenc6943 2 роки тому +1

      @@organizedchaos4559 or, to be fair, they would have to pay a fine of 2x what they earned from said insider trading, plus the money earned from selling those stocks, which they would be forced to do immediately, regardless if what that stock is currently priced at.
      There is precedent for setting a fine at an amount based on how much you earned from an illegal activity, as this is how people who defraud medicare are fined (like 2 or 3x the amount embezzled is how much they owe the govt in fines if convicted.)
      The problem is that without a law that is able to be successfully prosecuted, they can't convict anyone regardless of what the potential fine would be, so until they can there is literally nothing to deter members of congress from this practice.

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 2 роки тому +2

      They should be forced to dump all their stocks before taking office

  • @naiyang888
    @naiyang888 2 роки тому +60

    How about we decrease their ridiculous salaries in the first place?

    • @embreis2257
      @embreis2257 2 роки тому +6

      no, quite the contrary, double it! but at the same time, pass a law prohibiting any stock trading for anyone associated with a member of congress (all relatives, spouses etc). plus form an agency (or task an existing one) with policing the new law, one with enough teeth and independence to actually do it. suggested penalty: public censure and barred from public office for life plus forfeiture of all stocks in question

    • @pranithchotta1387
      @pranithchotta1387 2 роки тому

      Fomc live trade - ua-cam.com/video/BK9iGVjoop4/v-deo.html

    • @BugsAreCoolIGuess
      @BugsAreCoolIGuess 2 роки тому +4

      What's horrifying to me is the people deciding what stocks to trade based on information about the pandemic and still spreading the lie that it's a hoax

    • @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou
      @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou 2 роки тому

      Decreasing their salaries would increase their incentive to be corrupt.

    • @organizedchaos4559
      @organizedchaos4559 2 роки тому

      @@embreis2257 how do you ban relatives? What if they aren’t close? Not everything will drop everything for their relatives. Also double their salary would be 400k, that’s a lot. I do think they should get an salary increase like maybe 250k.

  • @aaa8509
    @aaa8509 2 роки тому +29

    Congress shouldn't be allowed to trade in the stock market. In fact you should not be allowed to make anything of value beyond their salary. It would help with corruption.

  • @RL-aWildDucky
    @RL-aWildDucky 2 роки тому +18

    How about just reducing their pay to what's considered livable.

    • @carladehaas7866
      @carladehaas7866 2 роки тому +1

      "Livable " by whom?

    • @AChickensWaffle
      @AChickensWaffle 2 роки тому

      @@carladehaas7866 by their own definition , that’ll put some pep in the economy

    • @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou
      @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou 2 роки тому

      A lot of idiots here don't realize that lowering their salaries will simply increase their incentive to be corrupt.

  • @michellem4287
    @michellem4287 2 роки тому +8

    We need an independent ethics committee to ENFORCE ethics laws. #OneLaw4All

  • @Seldomane
    @Seldomane 2 роки тому +9

    Congressional stock trading and congressional donations: two things that, if banned, would make the world a much better place.

    • @g.d.graham2446
      @g.d.graham2446 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed, but Citizens United doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon

  • @unquietriot8019
    @unquietriot8019 2 роки тому +21

    reminds me of the Jon Stewart segment: "How the F*ck did Martha Stewart go to Prison". Worth a watch if you can find it. Also, it explains a lot that most citizens don't realize how many laws Congress has passed to allow themselves to break laws the rest of us have to follow.

    • @marce22069
      @marce22069 2 роки тому +1

      Can you summarize the Jon Stewart clip? Or say why this reminds you of it? I don't think it's available anymore

    • @unquietriot8019
      @unquietriot8019 2 роки тому +1

      @@marce22069 Jon was outlining the TARP bailout for Wall Street and the profiteering that brokers and hedgefund managers pulled off from taxpayer dollars and not one of them was ever investigated, much less prosecuted. After listing off the crimes and profiteering of Wall St. bigwigs, his dismayed question to the audience was "How the f*ck did Martha Stewart go to prison?"

  • @orpheuscreativeco9236
    @orpheuscreativeco9236 2 роки тому +18

    Hahaha, I love his opening lines 🤣

  • @michellepickering7267
    @michellepickering7267 2 роки тому +24

    I'm very happy to see attention is finally being brought to this matter. It's nice to be able to laugh about it because otherwise it is extremely depressing. Let's do something about it... I understand there is legislation currently that involves this subject. I'm sure it will be decided by corrupt seniors like Pelosi but let's at least bring the truth to the surface as much as possible. It's criminal what they are doing, at OUR expense.

  • @wyaldkingdom
    @wyaldkingdom 2 роки тому +7

    So this has been going on the entire time. Yet another example of "rules for thee, not for me". If we are not equal in the eyes of the law then we are not equal.

  • @erikserum9519
    @erikserum9519 2 роки тому +35

    The best show in late night now is definitely the dailyshow ..so hilarious and yet so informative 🤣👍😄😆

  • @henrygarcia1792
    @henrygarcia1792 2 роки тому +193

    I have been trading for about 6 months now and just about every trade backfires and slaps me in my face. Nearly impossible for me to catch more than a few points . I try to do top down analysis but it doesn't work for me . I say to myself, clearly I'm in the 90% that lose money, so I open a demo account, do my analysis, then take the opposite of what I would normally take and get the same result. I'm starting to feel hopeless, any advice for a struggling trader

    • @helenoliver4838
      @helenoliver4838 2 роки тому +2

      Don't listen to him, don't give up. Trading takes time(months, even years) to master, even the pros learn everyday. Never the less, if you lose money no matter which side you take, maybe you need to look at how you are managing active trades rather than how you are entering them. My advice, find a mentor . And also, try incorporating the use of oscillators, Bollinger and pivot points into your strategy. And most importantly move to higher TFs(4h or 1D preferably), you'll thank me later

    • @henrygarcia1792
      @henrygarcia1792 2 роки тому

      You're correct, I don't lose money every single trade, but my main problem is trying to let my runners run. Very rarely do I catch big moves . Instead they go a few pips in my direction, then go against me if when I try holding them. Also my entries could use a lot of improvement. A mentor would be amazing, but getting one is easier said than done. If it's not too much to ask, do you know any legit ones?

    • @helenoliver4838
      @helenoliver4838 2 роки тому

      To be honest, I’ve loss greatly on trading too but I found out that the only solution at my situation personally was to get a professional trader who managed and controlled my trades. You can get one too. For months now I’ve been trading with Vivian Klaine Morgan and I can say I’ve made more than my loss now.

    • @devdaniel3225
      @devdaniel3225 2 роки тому

      I think I have seen this name on a trading forum before, And how may I contact her if that isn't too much to ask

    • @helenoliver4838
      @helenoliver4838 2 роки тому +1

      Run a search with her name online, you will see all you need to know about her

  • @jakepalgon
    @jakepalgon 2 роки тому +3

    I’m so glad I voted for Ossoff!

  • @gialanamoon5094
    @gialanamoon5094 2 роки тому +9

    Love that Trevor also included in there the fact that a lot of developing countries are the way they are by implementing the worst of what they learned from western countries with none of the checks and balances.

  • @macurry81
    @macurry81 2 роки тому +1

    I work for a global tech firm. When I was on a team that had access to financial data I was only permitted to buy/sell stock twice a year when it was deemed open. Couldn't we do the same ?

  • @cryptowire
    @cryptowire 2 роки тому +5

    Thanks for the update everyday 💥🙌🏽

  • @satyakiray8588
    @satyakiray8588 2 роки тому +1

    I don't live in the US but man this show is pure gold

  • @itsme7570
    @itsme7570 2 роки тому +3

    This is a topic that needs to be in spotlight all the time. Insider trading amongst other things are what's really hurting our poltics

  • @cherwelllord9451
    @cherwelllord9451 2 роки тому +4

    "If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that crime only exists for the lower class" - FFT Wiegraf

  • @wagz2003
    @wagz2003 2 роки тому +1

    I'm from GA and I couldn't be happier of our junior senator!

  • @DoubleO7-11
    @DoubleO7-11 2 роки тому +5

    Makes the constant GRIFT that much more reprehensible 😑

  • @HealingHeart_61
    @HealingHeart_61 2 роки тому +2

    Trevor, this is one of your best videos yet! Totally infuriating 😡🤬 and totally hilarious 🤣🤣. Great job.

  • @lw3269
    @lw3269 2 роки тому +25

    Generally I agree with Pelosi, but her not wanting to eliminate what is essentially congressional insider trading is deeply alarming.

    • @anonymousanonymous-wc4wx
      @anonymousanonymous-wc4wx 2 роки тому +5

      Vote her out

    • @jamespatrick3462
      @jamespatrick3462 2 роки тому +8

      "generally agree with Pelosi" 🤤

    • @Fakeelonmusk2025
      @Fakeelonmusk2025 2 роки тому

      It's not insider trading it only matters how close you are to the inside

    • @apokatastasian2831
      @apokatastasian2831 2 роки тому +3

      I generally agree with jeffery Dahmer, but his position on what belongs on a meat lovers pizza is deeply alarming...
      do you listen to yourself? ....this kind of non-thinking is why we are blighted by these malevolent criminals..
      you really think you can't find someone you agree with as much as pelosi that isn't a horrifying robber baron?

  • @vargas0033
    @vargas0033 Рік тому +1

    I work for the FAA and I am restricted to own aviation stock, which I have no insider information. But freaking pelosi.

  • @jjartdesign
    @jjartdesign 2 роки тому +3

    Why are you allowed to when my company/SEC doesnt let me have a "free" rein because I work in finance? Equal rules or equal restrictions!
    You have a lot of controls in your hands, there is obviously conflict of interest here.

  • @TavardoReasias
    @TavardoReasias 2 роки тому +1

    I'm happy I stayed around to the end 😂😂😂

  • @anonymouscitizen8680
    @anonymouscitizen8680 2 роки тому +4

    Hat off to AOC, and others. Clean up the swamp.

  • @jaytree3930
    @jaytree3930 2 роки тому +3

    Hilarious and TRUE!!! Great job Trevor as usual.

  • @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958
    @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958 2 роки тому +7

    There are already laws against insider trading. Those laws only apply to the peasants though. Like all American laws, they do not apply to "important people".
    What is the point of making another law banning this when cops are afraid to enforce our current laws when the perpetrators are important people?

  • @TheDkolack
    @TheDkolack 2 роки тому

    Can't believe I'm going to say this but..."Way to Go Trevor". First I start agreeing with Bill Maher and now you. Thanks for shedding light on the truth.

  • @marlobaker7232
    @marlobaker7232 2 роки тому +5

    It's funny that that McCarthy got a lot to say about stock trading but he can't keep Marjorie Greene in line , now that was 😆😂🤣

  • @krisp868
    @krisp868 2 роки тому

    This happened with a Minister (Govt Official) in my country, pulled out their insurance policy while their political party was in govt and was talks with the company to help them in their troubled financial crisis.

  • @leugim227
    @leugim227 2 роки тому +10

    Oh no, now I will not be able to follow Pelosi's Hedge Fund trades.

    • @pranithchotta1387
      @pranithchotta1387 2 роки тому

      Fomc live trade - ua-cam.com/video/BK9iGVjoop4/v-deo.html

  • @mymyersfamily
    @mymyersfamily 2 роки тому +1

    This is a tough issue. Maybe letting people in Congress benefit from insider trading is the lesser evil. The alternative is to ban in, but it is so profitable that many will attempt to get around the ban by tipping off relatives/friends/partners-in-crime, and I think a LOT of Congressional time is going to involve each party trying to smear members of the other party with accusations of insider trading, DOJ investigations, subpoenas. We get so little actual work from Congress given that they take off time for campaigning and such, and this will just make it worse. The lesser evil may be to just let them profiteer on this. After all, why do you think these millionaires agree to run for a position that only pays a couple hundred thousand? The insider trading is like their stock options, or their golden parachute.

  • @mikecampbell2140
    @mikecampbell2140 2 роки тому +4

    They shouldn't be able to invest, nor their immediate family. It is not a free market when our taxes are used as bailouts. They should also have to live in government housing.

  • @MarleneMeier
    @MarleneMeier 2 роки тому +1

    This was funny and amazingly a sad commentary of reality. Thank you for being the best whistle-blower of our time that is not afraid to speak the truth!! ❤

  • @MrMiller311
    @MrMiller311 2 роки тому +8

    Why aren’t some of the videos from this episode on the main page?

    • @CarsoKingso
      @CarsoKingso 2 роки тому

      They upload the segments individually with a delay after they air

  • @KodionFire
    @KodionFire 2 роки тому +1

    “I will buy arm floaties!”
    “You have passed the test!”

  • @masingitasingy
    @masingitasingy 2 роки тому +4

    Finally David Kibuuka gets done screen time!!!

  • @markcrume
    @markcrume 2 роки тому

    Trevor, thanks for bringing this to America's attention. The bit in the end with Roy was too funny, thanks.

  • @malDaniella
    @malDaniella 2 роки тому +179

    I will forever appreciate this channel with the help of your knowledge and lessons explanations idea I see forex/stock is the best investment anyone could get into. As it could make you rich in a blink of an eye

    • @jerryporter3212
      @jerryporter3212 2 роки тому

      I will love to be your friend dear, as well as share some lessons and ideas to my husband about your earning

    • @malDaniella
      @malDaniella 2 роки тому +3

      @@jerryporter3212 can share some tips that helped me,
      1. Plan towards it
      2. Be minimal on spending
      3. Save money wisely towards retirement 4. Save to invest, it's a proven way to get richer.

    • @jerryporter3212
      @jerryporter3212 2 роки тому +1

      @@malDaniella Yeah I know you're speaking of investing, how can one start a great and profitable one?

    • @benjaminchris2134
      @benjaminchris2134 2 роки тому +1

      @@malDaniella thanks, please share don't want to remain out of ignorance

    • @malDaniella
      @malDaniella 2 роки тому

      There are lots of investing options (real estate, stocks, gold silver, cryptocurrency, Airbnb, ETFS)

  • @metalextras
    @metalextras 2 роки тому

    Thank you Trevor for making this on YT as well!

  • @Toystudiosinc
    @Toystudiosinc 2 роки тому +11

    Why are people so greedy? Like, how much do you need?

  • @oliverbirnso2884
    @oliverbirnso2884 2 роки тому +2

    Please, Trevor, more of the funny sketches as the one in the end. Hilarious!

  • @instrugtion5659
    @instrugtion5659 2 роки тому +4

    The last part

  • @Gikash
    @Gikash 2 роки тому +1

    Glad to see David Kibuuka in a Sketch. He's been behind the scenes helping Trevor.

  • @alastorgray
    @alastorgray 2 роки тому +6

    Am I the only one that feels like 200k is a pretty reasonable salary. Doesn’t feel excessive given the position.

  • @gloriousexceptionalism2346
    @gloriousexceptionalism2346 2 роки тому

    Amazing 🤩
    Award-worthy! The writing!! The acting!!
    🤩

  • @NSWvet83
    @NSWvet83 2 роки тому +3

    They are mostly in "the know" and this is how they come out of congress multi millionaires

  • @snehashispanda4808
    @snehashispanda4808 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks trevor for this issue

  • @ccjohncc1
    @ccjohncc1 2 роки тому +4

    The very moment Pelosi responded to that question was the moment I lost all respect for her and all faith. Like the saying goes listen long enough and people will reveal their true colors. This woman loves being able to use inside information to trade stocks profitably.

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul 2 роки тому

      Sorry that it took so long for you to realize what sort of person Pelosi was.
      The 'old guard' in congress is filled with the likes of her, a product of a more corrupt time....

  • @TheZuluninja
    @TheZuluninja 2 роки тому +1

    Shout-out to Trevor for putting on David Kabuka 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @arnoldmbuthia2687
    @arnoldmbuthia2687 2 роки тому +7

    copying their moves using tiktok is very clever

    • @GP-qz6kk
      @GP-qz6kk 2 роки тому

      That depends on their level of savvy. Disclosures usually have a significant delay from the actual transaction. Idk about the content creators, but it seems like a safe bet many of the followers won't understand this detail, and/or how to properly supplement it with their own research.

  • @anxheloripa449
    @anxheloripa449 Рік тому +1

    Doing better than Warren Buffet is definetly sketchy 😂😂

  • @kasinova90
    @kasinova90 2 роки тому +4

    “It is like their witchcraft…”😂😂😂

  • @ExpatZ266
    @ExpatZ266 2 роки тому +1

    Don't let them bury this!
    Don't you dare let America forget this in a month, don;t you dare!

  • @poncedeoly469
    @poncedeoly469 2 роки тому +4

    imagine a bill that makes it illegal for politicians to lie.
    how could they vote no?

    • @jennifer7685
      @jennifer7685 2 роки тому

      Subjective.

    • @gracemunich1476
      @gracemunich1476 2 роки тому

      make their noses grow, their penises shrink each time they lie! FINE them 100,000 per lie!

    • @TrollPriestZandum
      @TrollPriestZandum 2 роки тому

      Easy, if Biden supports the bill, Republicans will vote no.

  • @cathleenc6943
    @cathleenc6943 2 роки тому +1

    The other reason the stock act is unenforceable is because, when congressional committee members get information in these classified meetings, they cannot use the information from the meeting to use as proof of insider trading, because it's classified and can't be released to use as evidence of what information they got prior to making a trade.
    Stock act violations are literally impossible to prosecute.

  • @D2J8
    @D2J8 2 роки тому +6

    I’m surprised that Trevor didn’t mention all of the congresspeople who conveniently invested in body bags right before the pandemic, instead of actually doing anything to stop it.

  • @dinghanxue704
    @dinghanxue704 2 роки тому +2

    That’s why politician is always the top 1 job. You have power, you have everything.

  • @utkarshed
    @utkarshed 2 роки тому +5

    We don't talk about Congressgressgressgress

  • @WillieCleo
    @WillieCleo 2 роки тому +1

    Great show. Thank you. Love your cleverness.

  • @whatsa9061
    @whatsa9061 2 роки тому +15

    Never fall in love with a stock,Never fall in love with a CEO because they neither know you or care about your portfolio investing should be unemotional

    • @cindygarcia6648
      @cindygarcia6648 2 роки тому

      Investment I a positive return of your gutful thinking,not the market.

  • @ellishaindobo1794
    @ellishaindobo1794 2 роки тому

    "Put it in your bones" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @GoliathsChamp
    @GoliathsChamp 2 роки тому +2

    Congrats to the couple expecting a newborn, and to the communities they depend on. Take care of your neighbors.

  • @djhero0071
    @djhero0071 2 роки тому +1

    So for anyone more knowledgeable about this than me, how do people even make money owning stock? Isn’t the money locked in the stock market until you sell your shares? Sure, it’s passively earning money by the price of those stock rising but these Congress members haven’t cashed out yet, no? Inside trading should ABSOLUTELY still be illegal but this is something that is also a problem I feel people miss when discussing the net worth of Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Unless I’m wrong, the money tied to the stocks isn’t theirs until they sell🧐

  • @cricketcricket91
    @cricketcricket91 2 роки тому +1

    Trevor has really nailed deadpan sarcasm.

  • @jazziejim
    @jazziejim 2 роки тому

    That skit at the end was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time:-!

  • @davidlewis3072
    @davidlewis3072 2 роки тому +1

    being a member of congress is the best part-time job in the US AND they are, after all, above the law...

  • @zoobafornow
    @zoobafornow 2 роки тому +1

    This is far worse than CEOs doing inside trading. It's one thing to react towards the knowledge you have before everyone else due to your position ( conventional definition of insight trading). And it's a different thing for someone to buy stock shares then pass the law to protect her profit. (Nancy Pelosi helped VISA to combat their struggles with credit card holder act in 2008 and Pual Pelosi was offered VISA shares in primary market before IPO. It sounds like a deal that profits both parties greatly)This raises a question: are those laws they passed to protect the interest of the general public or the politicians pocket?

  • @michellem4287
    @michellem4287 2 роки тому +2

    Lawmakers think they are above the law! Insider trading shouldn't be a perk of Public Service. They say, if you want to invest look to Congress.

  • @jayroc3337
    @jayroc3337 2 роки тому

    I do not like you, I use to when you were just a comedian, however I can’t remember when I actually watched you and enjoyed it. I will say this now, thank you. Not only do we agree on something, you are speaking the truth to the world. Thank you. I respect you and I hope you are able to keep the honest truth going

  • @sealyoness
    @sealyoness 2 роки тому +1

    I like the idea of congress having to put their stocks somewhere in a trust before taking office. Ordinary people go to jail for insider trading - when they get caught. Even Martha Stewart didn't get away with it. Why should congress be allowed to do it?

    • @andiward7068
      @andiward7068 2 роки тому

      It was the lying while under investigation she was punished for, not the illegal trades.

  • @MoreThanMidi
    @MoreThanMidi 2 роки тому +2

    The ending joke is sooo sharp and hilarious

  • @Demilawz
    @Demilawz 2 роки тому +1

    Makes me realize why senators really don’t want to leave office or have Terms to their ability to stay in office…making that 💰 💰💰💰

  • @oseghaleokoyomon6921
    @oseghaleokoyomon6921 2 роки тому +1

    Americans need to understand that most of their leaders, no matter their stance/party/ideology don’t care about them. They only care about themselves. “Politics” is a code word for SELF INTEREST.

  • @tompeace2621
    @tompeace2621 2 роки тому

    This is the big problem everybody thinks everything's a joke

  • @lfeb
    @lfeb 2 роки тому +1

    They shouldn't be allowed to receive large donations from companies either.

  • @sharoneicher4131
    @sharoneicher4131 2 роки тому +1

    We all in the US agree that insider trading is unethical. For everyone else it is illegal and punished. No Representative can support maintaining insider trading and claim to be ethical. Require blind trusts for anyone serving political office.