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What's a country where government positions are prestigious for reasons other than they're an opportunity to participate in bribery and corruption? (Switzerland
by quadhome 16y ago
What's a country where government positions are prestigious for reasons other than they're an opportunity to participate in bribery and corruption? (Switzerland?)
- Benjo 16y agoFrom what I understand, the government of Singapore keeps corruption low just by paying their officials a lot. The president makes about $3 million. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Singapore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Singapore It may just be an anecdote but it seems like a reasonable system to me. EDIT: had the wrong dollar amount.
- cellshade 16y agoThat wikipedia page says about 3 million, not 300 million.
- Benjo 16y agoMy mistake: fixed.
- dualogy 16y agoGermany had the same "strategy". I'm not sure pre-emptively bribing every official up-front really solves the "cost" issue to Joe Sixpack. Corruption might be more affordable in the end...
- bertil 16y agoSome countries value what you can't buy. Peerage works well in the UK, and is rather cheap. In France, the possibility to spend a career working in central historical buildings makes the best minds cram for decades.