### Comment:
A good chunk of politicians are exempt from insider trading laws. That’s how tons of congressmen can accumulate net worths in the tens of millions while only making $175,000 a year.

### REPLY:
It is actually worse than you think, I remember reading accounts on how congress members would say some negative thing that would impact a company poorly, buy shares, then announce sometime later that they aren't looking into it. Share price goes up.

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