I was just talking to an elderly uncle. Retired Philly cop & detective who took a job in the 80’s in Los Angeles.
He was hired as security for a wealthy stock broker on midnight shift. His only instructions were if the phone rang, whatever the person said, go tell the person he was guarding.
Well, he says the first night, phone rang he answered and they just said “soybeans”.
He woke up the client & told him the the message “soybeans”.
He immediately got up & got on the computer.
My uncle asked the head bodyguard what this was all about, & he answered “insider trading”. This dude had lots of friends in Congress & the Senate; it’s how he made his money.
While you & I get up everyday & work our asses off, these people get rich from elected representatives