# What financial games are Republicans playing? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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")
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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-financial-games-are-republicans-playing/994047)._