Members of Congress shall not sell/purchase publicly traded stocks listed on any exchange, while in office. Any investments held at the time of election to office will be put into a blind trust with a 3-rd party, neutral management firm, out of the Member's control or the control of the Member's immediate family, for the duration of the Member's time in office.
Common sense. There was a stock exchange at the time of the founding of our nation. I am not sure why it wasn't a consideration in the Constitution.
I favor this, but wonder if it might be better to try enacting this into law and trying it out before putting it into the constitution. I think this may run into some trouble when it affects the adult children of officeholders. But this is definitely something we need to work on--
All investments should be restricted to US Treasuries - not just a blind trust (which we are seeing as protection many are working around anyway) - restricting to Treasuries means you have to own the "company stock."
insider trading has made millionaires out of Congress Members at the expense of the public they are charged to protect
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