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GNU Free Documentation License How does Political Corruption affect people? Q. How does Political Corruption affect people? And the country as a whole? Asked by Haine - Tue May 19 22:57:39 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. One of the main things is financially - political corruption enables people to stay in power ether on the state or national level . While in power they are able to direct tax payer money to their agenda & pet projects - which in turn keeps local donors happy and willing to overlook small indiscretions (aka bribes, slanted bids , etc) It effects the country when it is viewed as the norm instead of something to clean out of politics & costs the country billions of dollars each and every year in not so subtle pork projects to out&out payoffs of government contracts Answered by Akkita - Tue May 19 23:15:41 2009 Will the corporate controlled media ever expose Political corruption like Watergate again? Q. In this day and age it seems as though the "free western media" has just become and extension or large corporations and the government for propaganda. Do you think the media will ever uncover something like Watergate again? Do you think that even if they uncover it somehow they will not actually publicize it? Do you think that corruption like that is in progress but the media won't even touch it? I could ask many more like that but...tell me what you think? Asked by Metaphorbollocks - Fri Nov 7 11:51:08 2008 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments A. No I feel that they are too tied to business and they are carefully controlled by the mega corporations that own them. It will take a courageous blogger or Internet journalist to uncover something like Watergate again. Answered by Shadow Knight - Fri Nov 7 11:56:22 2008 Why cant the american people see our nation has been overthrown from within by political corruption?
Q. I stold the election for Sheriff twice and am up for #3 in 2010 Asked by Bubba - Wed Oct 21 23:12:57 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. I think plenty of people see it...they just aren't sure how corrupt and who is the most corrupt...and the media panders to the government so no one is willing to investigate the power brokers in Washington. Perfect example...Barack Obama drafted over 7 billion in kickbacks to unions through the recovery bill...aka Apprenticeship Utilization Requirements...which means any construction contract with Recovery dollars has to have 15% of the money spent at the local union in the form of hired labor or dues...regardless of whether or not the winning contractor is a union contractor. During the election the AFL-CIO and SEIU gave Obama 113 Million of his historic 600 million in campaign funds...while everyone was talking about grass roots… [cont.] Answered by The Federalist - Wed Oct 21 23:25:59 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "political corruption"
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 news.google.com New York Times Investigative stories about drug trafficking, gambling, corruption and other illegal activities involving officials in the Philippines often put reporters ... and more » news.google.com MiamiHerald.com Wagner was promoted to chief in late 2007, replacing James Scarberry, who arrived to clean up corruption but left amid questions about who he told about an ... and more » news.google.com Austin American-Statesman (blog) Next on the list: health care, political corruption /leadership, crime and drugs and education. The percentage of people who said transportation was 1 ... and more » From Google News Search: "political corruption"  d.yimg.com 266px x 409px | 78.20kB [source page] Philippine massacre suspect to face court  media.comicmix.com 232px x 180px | 85.00kB [source page] I never talked to either Jack Kirby or Stan Lee about politics so I don t really have any idea where they stood on the subject My guess would be that following their political spoor wouldn t take you very far west and that they didn t have much sympathy for the hippie rebels of the 60s and here allow me to blush and hide my face After all they and their parents and my parents fought for a place in the American mainstream because finally acceptance meant an increased chance of survival and for those outside the tribe who suffered the Great Depression not surviving seemed to be a real possibility Then here came the snotty kids with their tie dye and their girly haircuts and their wiseass slogans saying that a place in the tribe was not worth struggling for in fact the tribe itself was stinking of corruption  d.yimg.com 257px x 410px | 73.10kB [source page] Venezuelan seeks to revive anti Chavez movement From Yahoo Image Search: "political corruption"  bitterqueen.typepad.com BitterQueen Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:39:02 GM As James Freeman reported for The Wall Street Journal, Martha Coakley, the purported Attorney General for Massachusetts, stood by and did nothing in the face of open and rampant . political. and public . corruption. in the state: "Coakley ...  product-reviews.net Peter Chubb Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:29:02 GM Poverty, violence, and . political corruption. which pleague Haiti and which have successfully contributed to darken our proud history have to be aggressively eradicated. For the sake of the Haitian children, let's turn a new page and a ...  dominicanewsonline.com admin Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:52:42 GM To say that the opposition should not have dwelt on . corruption. shows how . corruption. has become acceptable as our way of life in politics. It seems that the UWP was thrown out for allegations of . corruption. but this administration gets a ... From Google Blog Search: "political corruption" Quotes about Corruption Unsourced(in alphabetic order, by author)
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