US Ranks #19 on Corruption

[Toro]

Tied with Uruguay.

Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 - Results

Not particularly impressive.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Would think we'd come in higher since the whole premise of our political system is the rich can gives as much as they want in exchange for favors. Money equals speech. Even before that decision, 'money talks' was the premise upon which our system was founded.

 

[whitehall]

How does the "perception" part work?

 

[Dot Com]

our corruption is the worst kind- under the surface so it won't come up in polls like this. .

 

[whitehall]

What does perception of corruption mean? Who the hell has a freaking "perception" about corruption in freaking Uruguay?

 

[Tom Sweetnam]

What does perception of corruption mean? Who the hell has a freaking "perception" about corruption in freaking Uruguay?

Don't you love the empiricism extant in threads like this? We rank #19 in "perception of corruption" huh? We rank #1 in "Nitwits Who Believe Any Kind of Bullshit Propaganda They Read on the Web, Who'll Repost it in Other Web Forums Where They Hope People Will Be as Stupid and Gullible as They Were in the First Place." BTW We rank #1 in altruism too, and have for at least 150 years, which is really why everyone hates us.

 

[Moonglow]

What does perception of corruption mean? Who the hell has a freaking "perception" about corruption in freaking Uruguay?

Yet again another category the US has not obtained the number one position,,,our nation should be ashamed...

 

[The Rabbi]

Yeah, a measure of what people think isnt really a substitute for actual fact.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Hmmmmmm. It appears as though our resident nutters are facing a quandary. They don't like it when those European socialists outperform us in any way.......but they really want to agree that we are corrupt so long as they don't reside in the WH. Do they scoff at the survey....or use it to feed their ODS?


What to do......what to do?

 

[occupied]

The US is not as generally corrupt as many others where practically everything from getting your mail to getting the police to investigate crime takes a small bribe but our corruption and manipulation hurts the entire world. No corner of the globe is safe from the effects of our policies being dictated from the boardrooms of multinational corporations.

 

[Toro]

What does perception of corruption mean? Who the hell has a freaking "perception" about corruption in freaking Uruguay?

Don't you love the empiricism extant in threads like this? We rank #19 in "perception of corruption" huh? We rank #1 in "Nitwits Who Believe Any Kind of Bullshit Propaganda They Read on the Web, Who'll Repost it in Other Web Forums Where They Hope People Will Be as Stupid and Gullible as They Were in the First Place." BTW We rank #1 in altruism too, and have for at least 150 years, which is really why everyone hates us.

America, fuck yeah! We're the best! We're perfect! Fuck you, ferners!

Now, pass me the pork rinds. <burp>

 

[Tom Sweetnam]

It never seems to be so horrible that morons are willing to leave though.

 

[Toro]

Exactly. Rather than trying to improve, it's just easier to dismiss even the slightest criticism of America as a liberal, globalist plot by communists who hate freedom.

Personal responsibility and self-improvement is for others, not us.