Posted on 01/06/2014 9:35:29 AM PST by Eleutheria5
Corruption is often cited as one of the biggest problems in governments across the world. Though many would like to dismiss it as a third-world problem or as an issue associated with the mobsters and gangsters of yesteryear, corruption is alive and kicking in more countries than you might think.
Transparency Internationals study of corruption found that two-thirds of the worlds nations scored below 50 on their corruption index, with the worst possible score being a 0 and the best, 100. While many developed countries posted fine scores Denmark and New Zealand led the way, tied at 91 a number of nations in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas lagged behind.
Oftentimes, the countries that experience the most corruption are those wracked by political and military strife. When conflicts occur, it becomes easier for government functions to break down, as everyone tries to get their hands on a bigger share of the pie at any cost. Lets take a closer look at the seven most corrupt countries in the world.
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As mentioned up thread, if Chicago and/or Illinois were countries they’d lead the list, LOL.
They understate the problem. The corruption in the United States is so systemic and pervasive, it is difficult to identify the quid pro quo.
Because our system is more sophisticated than the simple-minded crooks on the list, doesn’t make our crony-capitalism any less heinous.
True, it's because the evaluators are biased, and the evaluation is worthless.
As an example this: Pedophile Made a Fortune Filing Disability Lawsuits in California ....Is absolute corruption with cooperation of law enforcement and the courts, but it is scored as non corrupt governmental activities (by leftist evaluators).
As far as I am concerned, this country is number one when it comes to urban government throughout its 50 states, and second only to Mideast Muslim countries as an overall whole when considering the Federal Government.
Rank Country Score 9 Canada 81 19 United States 73
We'll switch places -- if the price is right.
They must not have factored in the government to have ranked the US so high.
Communist. Almost the same.
Between them and Louisiana/New Orleans lies the reason why the US is behind Japan and Hong Kong.
OK. District of Columbistan, Chicagostan, New Orlistan and Houstan brought the US down four pegs on the list.
Czech Republic, 57/177.
Woo Hoo!! Oh, wait.....
The joke among Czechs is that the Czech Republic is indeed the most corrupt country in the world, but the government bribes reporters to make the country look better.
:)
With nearly $1T a year in deficit spending, mostly going to corrupt insiders with connections, the only reason we didn't come close has to be that our insiders paid the raters to score us dishonestly.
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