768
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2026
768 points (98.5% liked)
Work Reform
17190 readers
3185 users here now
A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
I have 0.000000% issue with elected officials at the federal level having investments in the stock market.
So long as it's done in a way that can reasonably guarantee they aren't manipulating the market, doing insider trading, etc. This includes things like investing in mutual funds (with caveats obviously) amongst other options from publicly accessible financial services firm.
No, I disagree. Elected officials shouldn't have investments in stocks at all, period. Nor should they be multimillionnaires or richer.
I am pretty confident there's no such guarantee. Source: the last 250 years of American politics.
I am pretty confident that there's no way you read "reasonably guarantee" and understood it correctly.
I absolutely did. There's no way to reasonably guarantee that the people who are making laws that affect companies and individuals aren't using that power for their own enrichment.
They made Jimmy Carter give up his peanut farm.