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The 10 most corrupt states in the U.S.
Fortune.com ^
| June 10, 2014
| Chris Matthews
Posted on 07/05/2014 7:59:38 PM PDT by deport
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To: Sooth2222
Exactly. New Jersey has to be first. And the amount of corruption in Hawaii would knock your socks off. The most corrupt states will be the ones most heavily unionized, not a list of cheap shots at the South.
To: deport
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:24:08 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: lightman
"Pennsylvania (# 5) ping!"
All due to State Pen Micheal Mann.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:25:16 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: deport
“It maybe but I”m curious why you think that?”
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OK, I am prejudice. Having spent birth + 50 years in Tennessee I did not see the corruption. Maybe that is too subjective.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:26:21 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: fwdude
Who gets to define “corruption?”
************
Good question.....
....
The researchers studied more than 25,000 convictions of public officials for violation of
federal corruption laws between 1976 and 2008 as well as patterns in state spending to develop
a corruption index that estimates the most and least corrupt states in the union.
....
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:27:24 PM PDT
by
deport
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
What the hell does University of Hong Kong have to do with ranking anything in this country? China certainly has an interest in corruption in our country.
Who buys our government bonds, including state bonds?
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:29:18 PM PDT
by
seowulf
(Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
To: Paladin2
Not to mention State Senator Vincent Fumo (Felony, Philadelphia); the Oare sisters; and Jerry Sandusky (swept under by then AG-now Governor Corbett)!!!
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:30:22 PM PDT
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: deport
Because of Delbert Hoseman and a few others, Mississippi has identified and prosecuted more criminals than the State has in the past. This past Republican Primary has uncovered much more and I think there will be more to come.
To: AlexW
Thanks. I”m not faulting your conclusion. I was just interested in your basis for it.
Apparently this study looked at convictions over a number of years and in relation to gov’t
contracts to reach their list.
Thanks.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:34:14 PM PDT
by
deport
To: deport
The researchers studied more than 25,000 convictions of public officials for violation of federal corruption laws between 1976 and 2008 as well as patterns in state spending to develop a corruption index that estimates the most and least corrupt states in the union. In other words, the title of the article should be The Ten Most Stupid Corrupt States in the U.S..
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:36:00 PM PDT
by
eldoradude
(How many republicrats/demoblicans does it take to change a light bulb?)
To: deport
Only because it is NOT a state keeps DC off the list.
Pound for pound/people for people/sq mile for sq mile, DC is more corrupt than any other area in the country.
The only thing that keeps the ‘lid on it’ is their strict gun laws.
Much the same as Chicago and New York, just imagine what hell wholes they would be if people were allowed to arm themselves.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:36:56 PM PDT
by
xrmusn
((6/98)"Better to keep your enemies inside peeing out, rather than keep them outside, peeing in.".)
To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
Apparently you didn’t pay attention to the recent ‘election’ in Mississippi
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:39:18 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: deport
I always hire the University of Hong Kong (handed over to communist China) to assess corruption in America. Makes perfect sense.
To: AlexW
Even Mississippi? Really with the Cochran shenanigans?
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:40:30 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: deport
No state can hold a candle to the corruption existing and thriving in Washington DC aka District of Columbia. Illinois as such can top the list due to Chicago’s Criminal Political Machine.
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:40:33 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
To: deport
BTW is the Chris Matthews shown as author the same Mr. Obama Makes My Leg Tingle Chris Matthews?
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:43:18 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
To: deport
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:45:43 PM PDT
by
deport
To: deport
Absolutely NOT buying this.Where are NY and CA?
vaudine
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:46:31 PM PDT
by
vaudine
To: deport
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:46:44 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
(The more helpless the victim, the more hideous the assault.)
To: NFHale; deport
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posted on
07/05/2014 8:46:57 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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