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Subject: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: Ed T Date: 05 Dec 12 - 04:48 PM Hopw does your country rate in Transparency International's index, released today? Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: Bobert Date: 05 Dec 12 - 05:16 PM US at #19??? Hmmmmmmm??? Who did they pay to get the high a rating??? B;~) |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: Ed T Date: 05 Dec 12 - 05:21 PM There is also additional information /perspectives on this site, if you fish around- Including this one, titled "Are women leaders less corrupt? No, but they shake things up" Impacts of female leaders |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: Fossil Date: 05 Dec 12 - 06:11 PM NZ first equal! Hmmm! Our problem here isn't corruption, it's sheer official incompetence, compounded by the ruling National Party's devotion to laissez-faire economics and the power of the "free" (yeah,right!) market. But interesting to note that there seems to be a pretty good inverse correlation between a country's performance through the recent worldwide economic turbulence and its perceived level of official corruption. I mean, the less corruption, the better they do... Discuss, please! |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: GUEST,DrWord Date: 05 Dec 12 - 06:27 PM Note that the report was about how various countries are perceived. Canada, for instance, is in the top 10 [i.e., least corrupt] in public perception. In recent weeks, at least five Canadian city mayors have resigned or been convicted . . . perhaps fraudsters here are more sophisticated? ennyway . . .yeah, fossil, there's certainly lots of grist for BS mill here below the line. keep on pickin' dennis |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: GUEST,999 Date: 06 Dec 12 - 09:20 AM The Montreal, Laval and Mascouche mayors resigned. I wasn't aware of the other two, DrWord. |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: GUEST,999 Date: 06 Dec 12 - 09:25 AM Sorry about the way that sounds. I don't doubt it. Our perceptions of what constitutes corruption is quite different in Quebec. A five thousand dollar hunting trip with expenses paid is seen as a normal way of doing business. There are receipts connected with that--and certain tax benefits to the folks who pay the bill to attract business. Envelopes with $100,000 cash in them are perceived to be a slightly different story. |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: Little Hawk Date: 06 Dec 12 - 12:15 PM At the very bottom of the list: Afghanistan. 18th from the bottom (out of 174 nations): Iraq. Isn't it wonderful what the War on Terror has accomplished in terms of nation-building? |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: GUEST,999 Date: 06 Dec 12 - 01:11 PM Yeah. However, between 1999 and 2002 there were 1.8 billion in kickbacks to Hussein's government in the oil for food fiasco. That figure is from the same site that did the stats/perceptions in in 2012. |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: Jack Campin Date: 06 Dec 12 - 01:28 PM If you asked - which country paid the most bribes - in which country bribes paid had the largest return on investment it's pretty obvious who would be #1 for both. |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: Jack the Sailor Date: 06 Dec 12 - 05:42 PM Neuf, I have two words "Olympic Stadium." |
Subject: RE: BS: 2012 Corruption Index From: GUEST,999 Date: 06 Dec 12 - 05:48 PM Yes to that, Jack. I have another: Mirabel Airport. Perhaps you recall a time when Bourassa was Premiere in Quebec. He was married to a gal in the Simard family. Guess who has a big hand in the Quebec cement business--and I don't mean Jimmy Hoffa? |