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by spants 412 days ago
"One interesting kicker to the story: Trading commodities on inside information obtained from the government wasn't actually illegal when the movie came out, but it's illegal now. It was banned in the 2010 finance-overhaul law, under a special provision often referred to as the Eddie Murphy Rule."

Why aren't most of the democrats in jail, then? - How did they make their fortunes on their lifetime government salaries?

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In jail for passing legislation with a trifecta government for barring insider trading?