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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS drops out of top 20 performers in global corruption index, watchdog says
The United States slid four points lower on a global corruption index in 2018, dropping out of the top 20 countries for the first time since 2011, watchdog Transparency International said in a report that cited growing threats to democracy worldwide.
The group said its latest report on business leaders perceptions of corruption put the United States at 71, down from 75, on a scale of 0-100.
That sounds a wake-up call about the need to tackle conflicts of interest, undue influence of the private sector and widening gaps between rich and poor, said Zoe Reiter, the watchdogs acting representative to the United States.
The group said its latest report on business leaders perceptions of corruption put the United States at 71, down from 75, on a scale of 0-100.
That sounds a wake-up call about the need to tackle conflicts of interest, undue influence of the private sector and widening gaps between rich and poor, said Zoe Reiter, the watchdogs acting representative to the United States.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/us-drops-top-20-performers-global-corruption-index-watchdog-says/|
That swamp sure is draining...... LOL
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US drops out of top 20 performers in global corruption index, watchdog says (Original Post)
Soph0571
Jan 2019
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. There you have it: the corrupt impact of "republican family values"
Since the KGOP republicans and their russian moneybag darkside comrades wrested governmental control from American voters, corruption is on the upswing. Deceit, too (R).
Deplorable.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)2. Header needed reading multiple times
for comprehension.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)4. Agreed. It could have been better.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)3. We're becoming a mafia state.