Criminal States
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From: Mint
01-Aug-14
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Great article!
From: HA/KS
01-Aug-14
Fantastic read! Proof that the dems will nuke the nation before they allow an AG Gowdy to be set loose on them.
From: BlueDog
01-Aug-14
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From Fortune magazine.. June 2014
"The most corrupt states are:
1. Mississippi
2. Louisiana
3. Tennessee
4. Illinois
5. Pennsylvania
6. Alabama
7. Alaska
8. South Dakota
9. Kentucky
10. Florida"
From: HA/KS
01-Aug-14
Like so many other things, it depends on how you define and measure corruption. If their data and methodology were fully exposed, most of us would find much to disagree with on that list.
From: Mint
01-Aug-14
From the article:
"The researchers studied more than 25,000 convictions of public officials for violation of federal corruption laws between 1976 and 2008 as well as patterns in state spending to develop a corruption index that estimates the most and least corrupt states in the union."
So with New York if charges are never brought in the first place since they are so corrupt it would not register with the study.
From: bb
02-Aug-14
Rhode Island isn't on there.... I'll give them a re-do
From: Woods Walker
02-Aug-14
Well I was going to say that Illinois should be first on the list because we've had FOUR of our last SEVEN governors (that's almost SIXTY PERCENT!!!) sent to jail over the past 50 years. But that might not necessarily mean that our politicians are more corrupt than others......just dumber because they GET CAUGHT!!!