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The biggest observation I have of the US is that corruption is rampant at all levels, often performed through simplistic manipulation of the legal system by mon
by lumost 6y ago
The biggest observation I have of the US is that corruption is rampant at all levels, often performed through simplistic manipulation of the legal system by moneyed parties. Consumers and small businesses get screwed by companies to big to sue. Senators magically make 10s of millions while in office despite “blind” trusts. Regulators live in a revolving door with their industries. Hell even doctors get paid for over prescribing medication.
Anti corruption measures like these are exactly what the US needs.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoI would trade these in a second for anti-corruption measures that actually did something about the problems you're complaining about.
- coliveira 6y agoThe problem is that the legislation above does nothing against the kind of corruption you mentioned, because it is well supported in US legislation. For example, lobbying is nothing more than legalized corruption.
- lumost 6y agoThe legislation above does eliminate one common form of legal corruption which blocked enforcement and other legal actions by obfuscating who you need to bring action against. In many cases, hiding the identity of the actors behind a shell corp was sufficient to hide the crime. e.g. a foreign government could donate to a super pac by way of a shell corp. In order to prosecute such behavior one would need. 1. The list of all donations 2. The ownership information of all donations I can't exactly send out a mass lawsuit against all donors asking them to prove that they are in fact American.