Insider Trading Always Looks Bad, Just Don't Tell Congress

For many members of Congress the arrogance and sense of special entitlement that makes them superior to peasants like us knows no bounds. Law violations that can send we little people to jail are ignored with impunity by our betters in Washington, D.C. Today we’re talking about insider trading violations. This offense occurs when a corporate insider or just someone with access to knowledge, that’s not available to the general public, profits on that knowledge by buying or selling stock. For a trader convicted of insider trading the least onerous...