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Unheard of. Ever seen a western politician (or their family) go bankrupt while in office? This runs counter to odds, statistics, etc. The only difference is the
by blago 14y ago
Unheard of. Ever seen a western politician (or their family) go bankrupt while in office? This runs counter to odds, statistics, etc. The only difference is the methods and the scale.
- tlrobinson 14y agoNot that western politicians are squeaky clean, but there's a bit of a difference between not going bankrupt and amassing billion dollar fortunes while in office.
- DougWebb 14y agoIn the U.S., our politicians get rich(er) after they leave office. Same for appointed government officials. Still a degree of corruption, but not as bad.
- blago 14y agoA fun sample to the contrary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois
- blago 14y agoNot going bankrupt is just a proxy that (in the absence of actual names and numbers) allows us to reason about their habits. It doesn't mean that they only still enough not to go bankrupt :-) And then there is scale. There is only one western country where money is on a comparable scale.