12 Days Before 08 Crash, Congress was Secretly Told to Sell Off Their StocksBy John Vibes It was revealed that Senator Shelley Capito and her husband sold $350,000 worth of Citigroup stock at $83 per share, just one day before the stock dropped to $64 per share. Another shady trader was Congressman Jim Moran, who had his biggest trading day of the year days after the secret meeting, sellings stock in nearly 100 different companies. These actions would be illegal for any American in any other circumstance, but members of Congress and high-ranking government officials are actually exempt from insider trading laws. Years later, a 60 Minutes investigation aired on television which highlighted the governments deep history of insider trading. The investigation sparked outrage, prompting Congress to pass the STOCK Act which was said to hold members of the government to the same standards as any American when it came to insider trading. However, Congress watered down the bill and changed key elements that would hold them accountable, allowing them to return to business as usual, and escape any consequences for their prior crimes. In an interview during the 60 Minutes investigation, Peter Schweizer of the Hoover Institute told Steve Kroft that Its really the way the rules have been defined. And the people who make the rules are the political class in Washington and theyve conveniently written them in such a way that they dont apply to themselves. These meetings were so sensitive that they would actually confiscate cell phones and Blackberries going into those meetings. What we know is that those meetings were held one day and literally the next day Congressman Bachus would engage in buying stock options based on apocalyptic briefings he had the day before from the Fed chairman and treasury secretary. I mean, talk about a stock tip, he added. Since it was passed, the STOCK Act has been more or less worthless. Whenever a politician is accused of anything, they are defended by other politicians and the investigation is immediately stonewalled. For example, a former staffer for the House Ways and Means Committee, Brian Stutter was guilty of insider trading. However, he avoided charges because House Speaker John Boehner refused to hand over the evidence, and claimed that Sutter had legal immunity. It seems that America operates on two different sets of laws one set for those who claim to rule us, and another for everyone else. John Vibes is an author, researcher and investigative journalist who takes a special interest in the counter-culture and the drug war. In addition to his writing and activist work, he organizes a number of large events including the Free Your Mind Conference, which features top caliber speakers and whistle-blowers from all over the world. You can contact him and stay connected to his work at his Facebook page. You can find his 65 chapter Book entitled Alchemy of the Timeless Renaissance at bookpatch.com. so what! This is not a revelation since it has been occurring for many decades. That is the system! If you dont like it, leave it or DO NOT support it. If you were Congress, what would you do? If you had a chance to make millions like those around you, what would you do? I can tell you that 95% or more would profit from their situation. Thats life and most people do profit when they see the chance to do so. Do you really believe its better to be poor and ignorant? To ignore an opportunity to provide more for your family? So abandon the system since it does not serve you. You have been told time and time again that YOU have the power.and you do. Heres the list. Make your choice.what are you gonna do? Stop banking at the big banks Buy local/regional As soon as you turn your back on big business, and government (which is really one in the same), then life will be better.much better stop voting? Ok bye. A quick google search on how easily hacked voting machines are might change your tune. We have to go back to paper ballots if we want voting to be worth it again. That is not the same thing as stop voting. Vote online: We will all be able to register and vote online. We will be given a security code when we register and/or use our social security number. People think that voting online could be tampered with easier than a ballot box at a fixed location. It is not true; anything can be fixed, especially ballots, because we have had hundreds of years to figure out how to do it and get away with it. The truth is, voting via the Internet can be much more secure. Voting has to be made easier to get a true vote. An online voting method would be the easiest, and it could be made secure by allowing it all to be seen electronically as it happens. A lottery would pick three independent auditing companies from all the accounting firms in the US to check the systems integrity before and after every election. http://www.truthcontest.com/insights/reform-political-system/ Voting is a positive feedback scam. Makes people think they are actually contributing. You left out to buy more Bitcoin. It is something called Ethics . It is wrong to do, so they shouldnt be doing it. It is stealing and they should be punished for it. They are elected to serve not rob us blind.. exactly! your tax payments allow the criminal cabal to continue. hey I have a great solution., lets reelect the same people that allowed this to happen and took advantage of it!!!! hey, if you dont like it, leave! you have managed not to grasp what this is all about The Deep State probably doesnt care which Mafia boss you vote for. It seems that America operates on two different sets of laws What ever happened to the INSIDER TRADING LAWS that govern JOHN Q . PUBLIC CITIZEN ????? In this banana republic we have ..NOTHING surprises me.THEY are above the laws we have to abide by.With ALL the scandals we have in government right now .NO ONE will go to jail.if they do they will be pardoned by barry and his pardon pen. I wonder what advice theyre getting now? Had enough yet? The article gives false information the stock prices quoted never existed. MATERIAL non-public information was not something the insiders had access to. GENERAL information, they did. Its time the American people rounded them up and put them all in prison for life and truly fundamentally change this country where ALL Laws are enforced and ALL people are held accountable! Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison book by Peter Schweizer Nothing you said proves your point. 