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Sometimes in life, we get lucky and the best solution is the simplest one. For example: Our elected members of Congress are openly and regularly trading stocks chasing personal profits, leading to seemingly endless possibilities for corruption. Thus, we should ban congressional stock trading. Simple and clean. But let’s dive deeper. So, what’s the big More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Zach Brown.

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