Talk:Political corruption
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I'm assuming that reporting the top and bottom 12 lists is fair use, or the reporting of facts, or both. Please remove or re-edit if you disagree -- Anon.
Dropped in material from public domain resource at http://www.usaid.gov/democracy/anticorruption/corruption.html
An entry is deserved on the UN Oil For Food program don't you think? It is likely the largest corruption scandal in history.
"Charges of corruption as a political tool Oftentimes, politicians may seek to taint their opponents with charges of corruption. In the People's Republic of China, this phenomenon was used by Zhu Rongji, and most recently, by Hu Jintao to weaken their political opponents."
Please, can someone explain and/or expand this? It sounds like a very subjective claim.
proving corruption
It is easy to prove corruption, ... ...
This text in the article is not true, corruption is probably the most difficult crime to detect, investigate, and prosecute. Vsion 08:22, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
Maricopa County
- Even in countries where national politics is relatively honest, political corruption is often found in regional politics. An example is in Maricopa County, Arizona.
What's the deal there? There's no explanation for the example, either on this page or the link to Maricopa County. Maccoinnich 10:28, May 20, 2005 (UTC)
- I removed this. The original author may have been referring to a scandal involving alternative-fuel vehicles that happened in 2000-2002 during Governor Jane Hull's administration, but to my knowledge this affected the entire state and not just Maricopa County. Moreover, the scandal may not have involved corruption in the first place; it could be argued that the legislation was well-meaning but greedy citizens took advantage of loopholes. Anyway, I don't think it's a good example even if that was the intended reference, so let's leave all of this out for now. Jeeves 02:45, 24 May 2005 (UTC)