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The government will always attract people and organizations who want to abuse its power to enrich or otherwise benefit themselves. Other industrialized countrie
by RyanMcGreal 15y ago
The government will always attract people and organizations who want to abuse its power to enrich or otherwise benefit themselves. Other industrialized countries do a better job than the US of keeping those people in check and keeping the government more-or-less on task.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoCare to bolster your claim with evidence? I believe other industrialized nations are at best on par with the US in terms of corruption, if not worse. In the last decade there have been several major corruption scandals in France, the UK, Italy, Canada, and elsewhere. Here's a few examples: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,791113,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,791113,00.... http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/17/us-italy-corruption-idUSTRE61G3XU20100217 http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/17/us-italy-corruptio... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16194089 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16194089 The "corruption perception index" is one measure of corruption, and shows the US as being in the middle of the pack in terms of corruption relative to the G8 overall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index