[MtnClimber]

I agree with the authors conclusion that money from drug trafficking has corrupted Arizona politics. Law enforcement has probably been corrupted as well.

[Red Badger]

Arizona is lost. Texas is next.

When Texas falls, the Republic is over..................

[griswold3]

2011
London and New York, two biggest laundries of criminal and drug money”
https://en.mercopress.com/2011/04/04/london-and-new-york-two-biggest-laundries-of-criminal-and-drug-money

Wall Street is still up the drug business is booming.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

To be clear it is apparent that the corruption discussed by Thaler and Breger is not exclusive to one party, as both Republicans and Democrats are named.

This might be true, but is deliberately misleading. Until proven otherwise, I’d guage corruption to be 95% rats and 5% republicans.