The real issue isn't whether corruption is bad. It's whether a blanket trading ban actually solves it or just looks tough. The other side's concern, that lawmakers could profit from nonpublic info, is fair. But a ban is a blunt legacy rule: it punishes every lawmaker for a few bad actors and makes public service less attractive to people with real market experience. A better fix is faster, searchable disclosure and strict enforcement of insider-trading laws. That's like shipping transparency instead of building a wall. Scale honesty, not prohibition.

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