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Having lived in the Philippines and the U.S. I have this observation. The U.S. is not more or less corrupt that the Philippines. They just do it with more _s
by critium 13y ago
Having lived in the Philippines and the U.S. I have this observation. The U.S. is not more or less corrupt that the Philippines. They just do it with more _style_. By that I mean, they are just better at hiding it.
- mattquiros 13y agoSo do you mean to say that the Philippines should be in a condition just as good as the US? There are many variables unique to the political situation in the Philippines that US politics doesn't have, I'm not making excuses, but I also don't get your point.
- jbellis 13y agoI've also lived in both, and that's nonsense. Rather than compare anecdotes though, look at some actual data: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/ http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/ (USA is ranked 17; Philippines is 105. Lower is better.)