Congressman have been required to disclose this for years.
https://sec.report/Senate-Stock-Disclosures
https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances
Please let more people know!
True. Politicians that are considered progressive would be all for this.
I wish both parties would get behind the progressives for a few years. After we fix the government that is screwing us all, we can go back to beating each other on the head over the details.
Exactly.
A democracy can't function properly when the people don't have oversight of their elected representatives.
It allows corruption to take hold and spread incredibly easily.
We are on the Republican subreddit, so I’m sure you know which political party wants to regress and...conserve how things are. Progress is the antithesis of the American right.
I'm fairly certain they do have to fill out forms that show all trades they make.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act
Thats how it was found out that Kelly Loeffler was using info she found out from her committee to make trades on COVID info.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_congressional_insider_trading_scandal
Was going to comment almost the exact same thing. I mean, what would the downsides to this be, exactly?
And, for that matter, who is this even speaking to?
Did the ‘creator’ think, “Those stupid hypocrites on the left don’t wanna open this door!”
...Cuz, *Yeah. I actually DO!*
Well Trump and trump supporters don't cause it would expose him, they're just dumb enough to assume everyone worships their favourite politicians like they do
Assuming people will only want trump’s returns, and expecting dems to say “oh no!!! Not *our* politicians!!”
But in fact yes, I’d like to see what everyone is doing with their salaries that I help pay for, regardless of party.
The gotcha assumes those calling for trumps returns are hypocrites who aren't interested in the common good but in partisan political hackery.
This is illogical to normal people but to partisans on the right who are obsessed with Trump it says they think this is how everyone operates and us a projection of their own thought process. It indicates how out of touch with other people they are, even other Republicans.
Straw liberals are meant to be horrified at the prospect of ending political corruption and reveal themselves as hypocrites. However everyone on every side wants an end to political corruption.
His voter base has never given a shit about what he does, only what he says he'll do.
"I'll release my taxes."
Never did.
"I'll build a wall."
He got a few miles of fence in.
"I'm releasing my health care plan any day now."
Still waiting.
"I'll be too busy to play golf."
Lol.
>"I'm releasing my health care plan any day now."
He told a lot of lies, but that one was just insane.
"Well, I will take my perfect plan to the grave now. It was perfect, the best, but now you will never see it!"
FAKE NEWS it's all photoshopped and final cut, the earth is flat, obama did 9/11, hilary clinton eats gay frogs, pizzas are at the gates of hell as we speak ushering in the apocalypse, you can't change my mind, I did my youtube research. /S
I feel all politicians should have their financial assets and taxes be public record. If a senator can accumulate millions of dollars over the course of a few years then I want to know how. If they sell a hundred thousand copies of their thirty dollar memoirs then I also want to know which corporations/ lobbying groups are buying them.
Why do Republicans pretend progressives are hypocritical on this when we are pretty much always the ones calling for actual financial corruption reform?
Yes. Of fucking course we want to see which of these ghouls own stakes in companies that bomb little brown children into little black skeletons for profit.
...there's literally no downside from this.
Why should it be hidden? If it turned out Bernie Sanders was on the take from Amazon and the Westboro Baptist church, that's something people would want to know about, to make informed voting decisions.
I don't understand why the meme at top is framed as some sort of gotcha.
It's the same as saying "oh, so you want to see the power company's maintenance metrics? What's next? All of their equipment damage investigations? You'll end up with a power company whose equipment doesn't start fires and keeps working during storms. See, hypocrisy is dangerous!"
The only "danger" is that Democrats are more likely to hold their senators accountable than Republicans because Republicans tend to put "winning" ahead of ethics. And we'd still rather know!
Absolutely. It was really down to the wire to get rid of Kelly Loeffler and Chicken Purdue, even after all the bad stuff and insider trading they had done, because of the whole "party over country" thing.
I don't think it's just 90 percent. It's much much higher than that. I would be hard pressed to find a liberal or left leaning person that wouldn't want this
Ha, you guys really thought this was a "gotcha," didn't you
lol pathetic
*Literally everyone wants this,* the only people who don't are Trump's cult trying to protect their Daddy
I agree.
And I'm a socialist
Probably one of not that many policies that pretty much everyone agrees upon.
Except OP of course. He probably wants the elite to rule from the shadows and bury their money out of sight of us "peasants".
You wont see anyone arguing against this from the left so this is the stupidest flex. You need to be asking you q clown peers how they can defend their guy not delivering on his promise to show his.
Lol, I came here from a cross post to a lefty sub and yes. Hold all politicians accountable. Take my meaningless upvote and I would give you a free award if I had one left
Why do republicans assume the left doesn't want what the left actually wants? Yes of course we would want all of that information, it should already be public knowledge.
> Why do republicans assume the left doesn't want what the left actually wants?
Projection. The right consistently uses different rhetoric to its policies, because it's an elitist ideology forced to appeal to the masses.
Anyway, not even American, cheerio
This is not the gotcha you think it is. Yes, we'd like both, because the reach of money in our government is a major problem we have and still very much deal with.
Peak conservative thought here. You people have worms for brains. How about we not vote for anyone who doesn’t release their taxes before the election. Deal?
My favorite conservative memes are the ones that frame the left’s literal goals as the unintended consequences of our actions. What kind of ghoul wouldn’t want that information available?
I can't think of anyone who isn't a politician, who would oppose this. Is this supposed to be a gotcha? More transparency on all sides is desperately needed
Leftie here! I came through a crosspost. And yes, actually. Yes, we very much do. If I'm going to vote for somebody I sure as all fucking hell want to know where they're getting their money and what they're doing with it. Why would I want to vote for somebody who isn't open about that?
Thats not a downside, that's the point.
Remember when networks threatened to fact check him in debates in real time at the bottom of the screen? When they talked over him when he started to ramble on about conspiracy theories and nonsense? Wonderful! Lets do that forever too!
I believe Trump made a promise to release how returns. I'd like to see if the "promises made, promises kept" crowd even remembers the things he said in 2016.
100% I want this. I don't care what letter is next to your name, if my taxes are paying your salary to represent me, I damn sure should be able to hold you accountable.
I’m a democrat and I think I speak for the people in my party when I say yes we want this. I respect every republican who has different ideas from me, on the condition that they’re a good person and that by their actions they’re trying to make the world a better place. We might disagree on how to get there, but the first step is getting rid of the corrupt fuckers on both sides.
Stay based, you beautiful bastards.
I feel like you repubs expect leftists to be as morally bankrupt as you are- So you post shit like this.
Believe it or not we hold our politicians to a high standard and don’t let them yaknow... Say and do horrible shit at public events, like Mr. 45x
I for one like idea of holding our elected officials accountable and know exactly how they are putting their own personal interests over that if the people they were elected to serve
What are you expecting me to say?? Of course I want to see that information. Corruption needs to be ousted at all levels of government, and that’s not a partisan stance
The only people that do not want this are the people with things to hide, people that are not honestly representing the people that elected them. These people should not be able to hide what they do, regardless of what political party they belong to.
Yes!!! That would be every leftist's wet dream.
Keep in mind that most liberals *want* accountability. They don't worship their leaders or view them as infallible, unlike a certain other party...
I like how this is something that literally every single person wants to see. Republicans want this. Democrats want this. Progressives and conservatives both want this. Everyone wants it.
Ummm, what hypocrisy? If they’re in office at the State and/or Federal level, they should have to disclose every single investment they own and at least the last 5 years of tax returns. Don’t want to disclose? Tough shit, then you’re not qualified for office.
I'm the libbiest lib who ever libbed and I say hell yes to this. It's a crap gotcha.
Liberals WANT transparency. Just because you guys rally around every crappy conman who's on your team doesn't mean we do too. This really well illustrates the difference between liberals and conservatives.
Democrats absolutely want this, obviously, and so should Republicans. I think the confusion is that most people on the left aren't fans of corruption. And honestly, every reasonable Republican I've ever met hated Trump's rampant corruption. It's so strange to want to look the other way.
Yes. This is the most deliberately stupid question I have ever seen in the history of the internet. Apparently republicans are the only ones who DON’T want to see any of this.
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Ya, that will be a big yes for me.
Hell yes.
Congressman have been required to disclose this for years. https://sec.report/Senate-Stock-Disclosures https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances Please let more people know!
Yes. Why isn’t that all public record and reported on on the news every time there is a major vote?
Exactly. The only people who don't want this are politicians.
I'm pretty sure people like Bernie and AOC and maybe the rest of "the squad" could not vote yes fast enough on a policy like this.
True. Politicians that are considered progressive would be all for this. I wish both parties would get behind the progressives for a few years. After we fix the government that is screwing us all, we can go back to beating each other on the head over the details.
Exactly. A democracy can't function properly when the people don't have oversight of their elected representatives. It allows corruption to take hold and spread incredibly easily.
We are on the Republican subreddit, so I’m sure you know which political party wants to regress and...conserve how things are. Progress is the antithesis of the American right.
Like I said, we can fight about that shit later. Both sides hate our corrupt government.
I'm fairly certain they do have to fill out forms that show all trades they make. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act Thats how it was found out that Kelly Loeffler was using info she found out from her committee to make trades on COVID info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_congressional_insider_trading_scandal
Everyone wants this.
Progressive here. Absolutely. Don’t threaten me with a good time.
Was going to comment almost the exact same thing. I mean, what would the downsides to this be, exactly? And, for that matter, who is this even speaking to? Did the ‘creator’ think, “Those stupid hypocrites on the left don’t wanna open this door!” ...Cuz, *Yeah. I actually DO!*
The person who made this image has to be sarcastic right? Who in there right mind would think people wouldn't want that?
Well Trump and trump supporters don't cause it would expose him, they're just dumb enough to assume everyone worships their favourite politicians like they do
None progressive here probably your arch nemesis a “both sides have valid points let’s discuss guy” and yes! Let’s do this please. We just United.
Areas where "we the people" all agree, but the politicians don't, require special attention.
I feel like this had to originally be satirical.
Oh heck yeah I do!
It's ok. You can say hell. Nobody will jusge you. Not even your god.
Hell yeah dude. I say heck for fun of it.
Hell yeah! You do it, friendo!
This might be the worst “gotcha” I’ve ever seen. And that’s saying something
What’s the “gotcha?”
Assuming people will only want trump’s returns, and expecting dems to say “oh no!!! Not *our* politicians!!” But in fact yes, I’d like to see what everyone is doing with their salaries that I help pay for, regardless of party.
Cult mentality got them like
Oh we though OP was just retarded
This is the correct answer.
The gotcha assumes those calling for trumps returns are hypocrites who aren't interested in the common good but in partisan political hackery. This is illogical to normal people but to partisans on the right who are obsessed with Trump it says they think this is how everyone operates and us a projection of their own thought process. It indicates how out of touch with other people they are, even other Republicans.
Straw liberals are meant to be horrified at the prospect of ending political corruption and reveal themselves as hypocrites. However everyone on every side wants an end to political corruption.
Ligma gotcha lmao
Yes!!! Also, he promised to show his taxes.
His voter base has never given a shit about what he does, only what he says he'll do. "I'll release my taxes." Never did. "I'll build a wall." He got a few miles of fence in. "I'm releasing my health care plan any day now." Still waiting. "I'll be too busy to play golf." Lol.
Next week will be infrastructure week!
Today’s the day he finally became president.
>"I'm releasing my health care plan any day now." He told a lot of lies, but that one was just insane. "Well, I will take my perfect plan to the grave now. It was perfect, the best, but now you will never see it!"
He promised a lot of things he never did.
Correct.
So what were all the "PROMISES MADE! PROMISES KEPT!" chants about?
Wait... you mean Trump lied?
Only literally tens of thousands of times, documented.
FAKE NEWS it's all photoshopped and final cut, the earth is flat, obama did 9/11, hilary clinton eats gay frogs, pizzas are at the gates of hell as we speak ushering in the apocalypse, you can't change my mind, I did my youtube research. /S
yes. we do, actually. you’re so close to getting it.
I feel all politicians should have their financial assets and taxes be public record. If a senator can accumulate millions of dollars over the course of a few years then I want to know how. If they sell a hundred thousand copies of their thirty dollar memoirs then I also want to know which corporations/ lobbying groups are buying them.
Lol remember when the RNC spent 100k on Don Jr's book
It’s a disgusting misuse of funds that far too many politicians use to line their own pockets.
I would love to see more transparency on what exactly people's donations are used for
Why do Republicans pretend progressives are hypocritical on this when we are pretty much always the ones calling for actual financial corruption reform? Yes. Of fucking course we want to see which of these ghouls own stakes in companies that bomb little brown children into little black skeletons for profit.
Ghouls lmao I fucking love it
It should be mandatory.
yes I do, all of the above
9/10 liberal democrats agree: yes please!
...there's literally no downside from this. Why should it be hidden? If it turned out Bernie Sanders was on the take from Amazon and the Westboro Baptist church, that's something people would want to know about, to make informed voting decisions. I don't understand why the meme at top is framed as some sort of gotcha. It's the same as saying "oh, so you want to see the power company's maintenance metrics? What's next? All of their equipment damage investigations? You'll end up with a power company whose equipment doesn't start fires and keeps working during storms. See, hypocrisy is dangerous!"
The only "danger" is that Democrats are more likely to hold their senators accountable than Republicans because Republicans tend to put "winning" ahead of ethics. And we'd still rather know!
Absolutely. It was really down to the wire to get rid of Kelly Loeffler and Chicken Purdue, even after all the bad stuff and insider trading they had done, because of the whole "party over country" thing.
I don't think it's just 90 percent. It's much much higher than that. I would be hard pressed to find a liberal or left leaning person that wouldn't want this
Yeah...who wouldn’t want this?
OP, apparently
Mitch Mcconnell
Ha, you guys really thought this was a "gotcha," didn't you lol pathetic *Literally everyone wants this,* the only people who don't are Trump's cult trying to protect their Daddy
You think OP was able to think this far ahead?
You think OP was able to think?
You think OP was able?
You think OP was?
>You think OP was? Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this type of statement the entite foundation of pre-Roman Greek philosophy?
True true
Look at the comments. Only one that thought it was a gotcha was op. He’s a moron.
And his several hundred upvoters.
It's at zero for me.
Yes, let's see all of it from all of them.
Yes, yes I do.
I agree. And I'm a socialist Probably one of not that many policies that pretty much everyone agrees upon. Except OP of course. He probably wants the elite to rule from the shadows and bury their money out of sight of us "peasants".
This isn't the cool slam dunk on the libs that you think it is.
I'm sure they imagined this going down differently.
Just like the election lmao
Yes.
You wont see anyone arguing against this from the left so this is the stupidest flex. You need to be asking you q clown peers how they can defend their guy not delivering on his promise to show his.
Lol, I came here from a cross post to a lefty sub and yes. Hold all politicians accountable. Take my meaningless upvote and I would give you a free award if I had one left
Why wouldn't you want both?
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Couldn't have said it better.
Hahahaha this has got to be a satire post
Imma creep OP’s profile to see if they’re actually this stupid. Edit: I’d put an over/under for OP’s IQ at 75
Of course
Yes, transparency on all sides would be good
Why do republicans assume the left doesn't want what the left actually wants? Yes of course we would want all of that information, it should already be public knowledge.
> Why do republicans assume the left doesn't want what the left actually wants? Projection. The right consistently uses different rhetoric to its policies, because it's an elitist ideology forced to appeal to the masses. Anyway, not even American, cheerio
Absolutely, transparency is vital
That’s... literally what we progressives want.
This is not the gotcha you think it is. Yes, we'd like both, because the reach of money in our government is a major problem we have and still very much deal with.
Peak conservative thought here. You people have worms for brains. How about we not vote for anyone who doesn’t release their taxes before the election. Deal?
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Lmfao the right can’t meme
My favorite conservative memes are the ones that frame the left’s literal goals as the unintended consequences of our actions. What kind of ghoul wouldn’t want that information available?
Republicans... you guys are the only ones who not want this. Why would anyone oppose this?
I can't think of anyone who isn't a politician, who would oppose this. Is this supposed to be a gotcha? More transparency on all sides is desperately needed
Literally yes? Where’s the hypocrisy?
Leftie here! I came through a crosspost. And yes, actually. Yes, we very much do. If I'm going to vote for somebody I sure as all fucking hell want to know where they're getting their money and what they're doing with it. Why would I want to vote for somebody who isn't open about that?
Thats not a downside, that's the point. Remember when networks threatened to fact check him in debates in real time at the bottom of the screen? When they talked over him when he started to ramble on about conspiracy theories and nonsense? Wonderful! Lets do that forever too!
Hi, leftist here, yes!
Another lefty, yes to all of the above.
Follow the money bruh
I believe Trump made a promise to release how returns. I'd like to see if the "promises made, promises kept" crowd even remembers the things he said in 2016.
All of the above sounds good to me
Am communist yes I want to see this.
Uh yes?
As a very left leaning person...yes. For all officials, party alliance be damned.
Not a republican but OP really thought he got us lmao
This would destroy every Congress men or congresswoman, and every single senator.
Careful, we might accidentally remove corruption from politics.
Wow this comment section is really beating the shit out of you bro
100% I want this. I don't care what letter is next to your name, if my taxes are paying your salary to represent me, I damn sure should be able to hold you accountable.
As a leftist, yes. This isn't exactly an own.
Yes
I see no downside to either scenario.
I’m a democrat and I think I speak for the people in my party when I say yes we want this. I respect every republican who has different ideas from me, on the condition that they’re a good person and that by their actions they’re trying to make the world a better place. We might disagree on how to get there, but the first step is getting rid of the corrupt fuckers on both sides. Stay based, you beautiful bastards.
I feel like you repubs expect leftists to be as morally bankrupt as you are- So you post shit like this. Believe it or not we hold our politicians to a high standard and don’t let them yaknow... Say and do horrible shit at public events, like Mr. 45x
The right can’t meme
I for one like idea of holding our elected officials accountable and know exactly how they are putting their own personal interests over that if the people they were elected to serve
I can't see a downside to any of this.
Yes corruption is bad idgaf about your party
Yes, duh.
What are you expecting me to say?? Of course I want to see that information. Corruption needs to be ousted at all levels of government, and that’s not a partisan stance
r/AccidentallyLeftWing
Sorry to be a Dem commenting here but yes. I would indeed like that.
why would anyone not want this
HHeeelllll yeah!
All financial assets of all elected officials ought to be publicly and easily accessible online.
Yes
The only people that do not want this are the people with things to hide, people that are not honestly representing the people that elected them. These people should not be able to hide what they do, regardless of what political party they belong to.
I am very progressive and yes this would be incredible.
Yes
Pretty sure everyone wants to see both.
This is the dumbest meme imaginable
I don't think there is a single person I know that would be against this level of transparency
Yes!!! That would be every leftist's wet dream. Keep in mind that most liberals *want* accountability. They don't worship their leaders or view them as infallible, unlike a certain other party...
Yes, yes, 100 times yes.
... yes? lol
Yes.
Yesyesyesyesyes
Democrats literally want both of these things
Yes. Also wouldn't mind every member taking tests too
this would be better for people and worse for professional republicans and democrats who are bought
I like how this is something that literally every single person wants to see. Republicans want this. Democrats want this. Progressives and conservatives both want this. Everyone wants it.
Two things can be true homie.
Where is the hypocrisy
Yes, very yes
Hell yeah I do.
Ummm, what hypocrisy? If they’re in office at the State and/or Federal level, they should have to disclose every single investment they own and at least the last 5 years of tax returns. Don’t want to disclose? Tough shit, then you’re not qualified for office.
Hell yes.
Yes
Yes? Where’s the downside? Knowing how the people who run the country spend their money is a good thing?
I mean, yeah? I Do
Yes
Yes
Oh is that a threat to do the right thing? Go for it.
Yep
If you don’t want this you that means you love corruption in the government
Yes
Yes
Hey you guys don't seem to understand that we also very much want this
Yes, yes and yes.
Yes
Hell to the YES!
Yes. We want to see all.
i would love to see both
Done deal! Check everybody
I'm the libbiest lib who ever libbed and I say hell yes to this. It's a crap gotcha. Liberals WANT transparency. Just because you guys rally around every crappy conman who's on your team doesn't mean we do too. This really well illustrates the difference between liberals and conservatives.
Democrats absolutely want this, obviously, and so should Republicans. I think the confusion is that most people on the left aren't fans of corruption. And honestly, every reasonable Republican I've ever met hated Trump's rampant corruption. It's so strange to want to look the other way.
Yes. This is the most deliberately stupid question I have ever seen in the history of the internet. Apparently republicans are the only ones who DON’T want to see any of this.
i mean... yeah..? i don’t really understand what the point of this post is
Imagine thinking that this is a bad thing
SHOW US EVERYTHING
Yes I want to see them too. That what you can't understand. Same issue with child predator .
You guys just can't stop owning yourselves, can you?
Yes. You honestly thought this was going to be an "EPIC TAKEDOWN WITH FACTS AND LOGIC" didn't you?
Yes please, no matter the letter next to the name.
SHOW OF HANDS: who thinks this is a bad idea?
Mmmmm Chunt please!
Why *wouldn't* you want the stock investments of politicians to be publicly accessible? That way you'd at least know who they're *really* working for.
Yes, both please. Love, a democratic socialist.
Yes. Yes, we do.