GOP Members: Fat Off of the Cows Teet That is the Stock Market

Have you ever watched your retirement account shrink during a market downturn while congressmembers somehow manage to beat professional investors? Ever wonder how these "public servants" enter office with modest portfolios and exit as millionaires? It's not magical thinking—it's legalized corruption that turns my stomach every damn time I look at the numbers.

The stench of hypocrisy wafts through the marble halls of Congress as Republican lawmakers—champions of the "free market" and "small government"—quietly stuff their pockets with cash from well-timed stock trades. Let me take you deep into the putrid swamp of congressional investing, where the rules are different for the powerful, and the rest of us are left holding empty bags.

The Golden Ticket: Congressional Stock Trading by the Numbers

Picture this: You're sitting at your kitchen table, bills pil…