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Take out US and some EU countries* and probably "All living former presidents, parliamentarians, mayors etc should be either in prison or under investigation fo
by onetimemanytime 7y ago
Take out US and some EU countries* and probably "All living former presidents, parliamentarians, mayors etc should be either in prison or under investigation for corruption charges."
*Even they profit from their office and do favors using the office but it's not a quid pro quo.
- phjesusthatguy3 7y ago"should be" and "are" are two entirely different things.
- onetimemanytime 7y agowhere they aren't the whole system is corrupt, everyone gets a share and keep each other out of jail. My point was that "everyone" in power steals is most countries.
- jjcc 7y agoI would speculate that US and EU countries are more suitable for democracy than the other countries from anti-corruption point of view
- hinkley 7y agoThe theory I heard was that the high per annum we pay ex presidents is so that We the People have 'bought them' before anyone else can. From that standpoint there's something to be said about getting [away from] private donations for election campaigns. The odds that the incoming president has already been bought and paid for before the votes are even tallied is quite high. Of course campaign time is already probably too late. Who is going to be encouraged to run in the first place? Edit: accidentally inverted a sentence.
- scottlocklin 7y agoYou think $200k a year is "high" for someone who ran a country? Also, do you really think they're not corrupt? An awful lot of them rack up a pretty amazing net worth doing speaking engagements (aka taking payola) after they're president. The only living one I ever suspected of being vaguely honest is Carter.