tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post116575547719371373..comments2023-05-05T07:13:41.889-04:00Comments on Corruption-free Anguilla: Int. Anti-Corruption Day 2006Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-1166061274290722812006-12-13T21:54:00.000-04:002006-12-13T21:54:00.000-04:00Here is the Wikipedia definition:In broad terms, p...Here is the Wikipedia definition:<BR/><BR/>In broad terms, political corruption is the misuse by government officials of their governmental powers for illegitimate, usually secret, private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, like repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption.<BR/><BR/>All forms of government are susceptible to political corruption. Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. While corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and trafficking, it is not restricted to these organized crime activities. In some nations corruption is so common that it is expected when ordinary businesses or citizens interact with government officials. The end-point of political corruption is a kleptocracy, literally "rule by thieves".<BR/><BR/>What constitutes illegal corruption differs depending on the country or jurisdiction. Certain political funding practices that are legal in one place may be illegal in another. In some countries, government officials have broad or not well defined powers, and the line between what is legal and illegal can be difficult to draw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-1166061146056784502006-12-13T21:52:00.000-04:002006-12-13T21:52:00.000-04:00This is the best definition of political corruptio...This is the best definition of political corruption I have seen [taken from a Yahoo!Groups page]:<BR/><BR/>political corruption occurs when the person in office stops doing what the people want, and starts pursuing his own agenda. If he is bought off by interest groups and votes their way because they donated a bunch of money to his campaign. I wish that they could take no money from anyone because usually the money is given with a price tag. I think that there are a lot of corrupt law makers out there running our country and it is sad that the few who remain true eventually get drug down by all the dirty dealings in the capital. I think many start off wanting to save the world and make it a better place but with time they lose their idealism and what it was that motivated them in the first place. I personally think that less government and more self rule and we would see a better society. We need to have our free agency and most of what government does is take that away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-1166060830401843632006-12-13T21:47:00.000-04:002006-12-13T21:47:00.000-04:00Those persons interested in the whole question of ...Those persons interested in the whole question of political corruption may like to join one of the Yahoo! Groups discussions found at http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geuuanqYBFtSIBCttXNyoA?p=political+corruption&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=ush-groups&x=wrtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-1165895918323384702006-12-11T23:58:00.000-04:002006-12-11T23:58:00.000-04:00Transparency International's2006 Corruption Percep...Transparency International's<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/cpi_2006" REL="nofollow">2006 Corruption Perceptions Index</A><BR/><BR/>whilst covering most of the countries in the world, <B>does not include Anguilla</B> (yet).<BR/><BR/>Where would you rate Anguilla in this global or regional league table ?<BR/><BR/>Better than Haiti, the most corrupt ?<BR/><BR/>Not as good as Canada, the global leader or Jamaica the regional one ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com