# What financial games are Republicans playing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-financial-games-are-republicans-playing/994047>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 3, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-financial-games-are-republicans-playing/994047 "2023-12-03T12:40:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-financial-games-are-republicans-playing/994047/1 "2023-12-03T12:40:54Z")

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Speaker Mike Johnson apparently doesn’t have a bank account, which is weird. [Now there’s news that Rep. Andy Ogles also doesn’t have an account](https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/revealed/he-doesnt-report-having-checking-or-savings-so-where-did-andy-ogles-get-320-000-for-campaign#:~:text=Andy%20Ogles%20speaks%20to%20supporters,report%20having%20a%20savings%20account.) (as well as maybe other weirdness). Is it a taxes thing? And if there are Democrats trying this thing I won’t be surprised (well, perhaps not this trick now that it’s getting attention).

Ogles seems like another Santos based on that article.

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**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-financial-games-are-republicans-playing/994047/2 "2023-12-03T13:13:14Z")

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This was discussed some in Factual Questions:

[Is it possible to live in the US without a bank account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-live-in-the-us-without-a-bank-account/992545)

The idea of required disclosure is to show the public who our elected officials take money from. So disclosure of a non-interest-bearing account is optional. The thread taught me that such accounts aren’t quite as rare, in the United States, as I had thought.

Most likely, they do have interest bearing accounts, and stocks and bonds, and are violating disclosure rules. If the House ethics committee wants, they can investigate. I don’t think it is a criminal matter, but would be glad to be corrected.