Watching the hearings with my wife, she looked over and said, “At least, in Phrae [Thailand], the officials are openly and honestly corrupt.”
I’m still wondering how to respond. This puts our President and his Administration right on the path to Mugabe and ZANU PF.
I know how you feel. My wife’s older cousin, from the Philippines, is visiting. Her cousin is pretty non-political, but I had her (the cousin) read an ABC News (hardly the paragon of conservatism) piece on the IRS scandal. She said to me “Just like in the Philippines.” Which is pretty bad: the corruption there has truly been a major factor in the country’s poverty.