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Rashida Tlaib: Politicians should not be allowed to profit from war

Summary by Detroit Free Press

Members of Congress shouldn't be able to own stock in the defense contractors they vote to allocate federal funds to, writes U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

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Tlaib: Congress Should Ban Lawmakers’ Ability to Trade Defense Stock and “Profit Off Death”

military contractors receive hundreds of billions of dollars from Pentagon funding each year.

1 month ago·Sacramento, United States

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Tlaib: 'Our elected officials should not be able to profit off death'

In an op-ed today for the Detroit Free Press, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) blasted her colleagues who voted to increase Pentagon spending while owning stock in weapons manufacturing companies. “Our elected officials should not be able to profit off death,” she wrote. “They should not be able to use their positions of power to get rich from defense contractors while voting to pass more funding to bomb people.” Tlaib also touted her Stop Politicia…

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