I see that three New Jersey mayors, two state legislators and more than one Rabbi are among the 40 or so people arrested in New Jersey today. They are accused so far it seems of being part of an extensive corruption network, international money laundering and the Rabbis are also accused of trafficking in kidneys, "...goods as diverse as human organs and fake designer handbags." AP.
The governor of New Jersey, John Corzine, is astounded, "any corruption is unacceptable - anywhere, anytime, by anybody. The scale of corruption we're seeing as this unfolds is simply outrageous and cannot be tolerated."
Public officials also are accused of accepting money to help fake developer's gain permits and approvals.
The US political system is the most corrupt in the world. As a post pointed out on this blog a few days ago, the only difference between political corruption in the US and the former colonial world is that in the US it is legal and called lobbying.
I would not accept that the governor knew nothing of it either.
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The more corrupt a system is, the more inefficient it is. We pay twice as much as most first world countries on health care and we rank 37.
Chicago may be # 1 and apparently the entire state of NJ is # 2, but I would guess that San Francisco and LA are in the top 5.
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