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In reply to the discussion: Paul Ryan Acted Immediately After 2008 Bush WH Meeting on Impending Economic Meltdown [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)69. Well, Mr. 8-post person. I see you're on hot on the debunking trail. This
merely begs the question of whether Ryan received any pre-meeting briefing about the topics to be discussed at the meeting that night and, if so, whether he traded on that information.
What did Ryan know and when did Ryan know it?
Enjoy your (I'm sure) brief visit here.
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bigtree
Aug 2012
OP
Doesn't matter. The sales occurred on the same day that he was talking with other Republicans
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#67
The time of that particular meeting doesn't let Paul Ryan off the hook, and here's why:
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#68
+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - This needs to be front and center of
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#4
This is so important that I have indulged in two responses to your OP. Folks on
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#5
See below. They argue that insider trading is just as illegal for members of Congress.
Chiyo-chichi
Aug 2012
#24
Well, Mr. 8-post person. I see you're on hot on the debunking trail. This
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#69
Someone who was at the meeting and did NOT engage in insider trading needs to call him on this. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#6
Maybe he was trading all year based on heads-up he was getting. We don't know. nt
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#12
Well he should have had a better source then, as he lost money on practically every trade.
cbdo2007
Aug 2012
#13
He didn't necessarily lose it over the short term, did he? He might have made trades that appeared
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#16
It is definitely damaging when he's talking about privatizing social security....
cbdo2007
Aug 2012
#38
I think you're probably right. This is all just too...too convenient. I wouldn't
snappyturtle
Aug 2012
#59
Too convenient? Just ask Martha Stewart. People go to jail for this type of coincidence all of the
grantcart
Aug 2012
#61
Awww, Ryan gets all misty-eyed when he thinks about how much money he saved with insider info <nt>
Ian_rd
Aug 2012
#25
This story won't go away anytime soon -- this is a form of insider trading.
Major Hogwash
Aug 2012
#32
THIS HAS TRACTION! A) Ryan trades on insider information, and B) CANTOR guts the insider trading
TrollBuster9090
Aug 2012
#44
He's not off the hook. That particular meeting hadn't occurred yet, but he'd been hearing
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#72
You can bet those in congress who'd profitted at the insider trader trough for 16 years -
sad sally
Aug 2012
#74