Does the World Consider the U.S. Govt. Corrupt?
ByVery few governments would pass the scrutiny of non corruption on the world stage.
The most likely criteria for corruption is the dominance of special interests. We can assume that nations with dictators are most likely corrupt under this criteria. Nations in which banks have had to be rescued are most likely corrupt in that the legislation that allowed them to go unregulated was lobbied by them.
A government that looks to the private sector to provide campaign funds for politicians to get re elected is subject to corruption. A government where lobbyists can influence legislation for their benefactors is subject to corruption.
What is corruption? I would deem it the status where money and power can influence how politicians vote. It is natural that politicians will consider how their vote will influence their chances of re-election. This is part of how the system was designed.
The politicians run on a platform with an agenda and philosophy and the electorate will measure how faithfully they followed both. The voters feel entitled to have their agenda and philosophy represented by the person for whom they voted.
The electorate is rarely asked to vote on larger issues like government debt, banking laws, taxes, defense, and healthcare. They depend on their elected officials to follow the philosophy of their party in reaching decisions.
This is the area where special interests influence political votes that might cause politicians to vote against their conscience for the purpose of easier campaign funding. This is the arena in which corruption can cause major swings in areas of defense, health care, business regulations, taxes, and entitlements.
This is the arena that defense contractors, big pharma, banking, securities, the food industry, and the insurance industry to name a few can use money to sway the distribution of wealth in a capitalistic system.
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