Politics & Government
U,S, Senate Candidate Warren: Congress Shouldn't Own Stock
In a Huffington Post article, Democratic United States Senator candidate Elizabeth Warren says Congress shouldn't own stock.
A crusader for the middle class, U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's personal finances were bound to come under scrutiny. Warren raised eyebrows Thursday when she said she isn't a wealthy individual who owns a lot of stock, according to a report on Huffington Post.
"I realize there are some wealthy individuals -- I'm not one of them -- but some wealthy individuals who have a lot of stock portfolios," Warren, a Harvard professor, told MSNBC.
Warren was making a point that members of Congress either shouldn't own stocks, or should put them in a blind trust so that they are not drafting laws that benefit their own investments. But the financial disclosure report Warren filed last month shows that by most people's standards, she's pretty well off.
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Read the entire story at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/elizabeth-warren-wealth-income_n_1237607.html?ref=politics
Watch the full interview via MSNBC.
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