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Posted on 6/10/14 at 8:11 pm to EKG
Posted on 6/10/14 at 8:16 pm to TutHillTiger
NY and NJ get a pass for refusing to charge or convict. Interesting.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 8:22 pm to TutHillTiger
quote:List is garbage. Spend less on education and Medicaid and you are "corrupt".
According to the report, “states with higher levels of corruption are likely to favor construction, salaries, borrowing, correction, and police protection at the expense of social sectors such as education, health and hospitals.”
Posted on 6/10/14 at 8:46 pm to cardboardboxer
Thanks, cardboardboxer.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 8:54 pm to EKG
I live in Illinois and I can tell you it is easily #1. Especially Chicago...
Posted on 6/10/14 at 8:59 pm to goldennugget
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goldennugget
How the frick is Illinois not #1?
Because Obama isn't there anymore.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:00 pm to EKG
You are welcome.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:02 pm to AUBorn
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List is garbage. Spend less on education and Medicaid and you are "corrupt".
That's not what they said.
The report indicated that states that spend more resources "fixing" things after the fact (e.g., police protection, correction, borrowing), rather than preventing issues before they occur (education and preventative care), showed a strong correlation to corruption. Nowhere did they make a "correlation equals causation" argument.
I can say from personal experience that about a year ago, I transferred from a job in my home state (Texas) to a state that is ranked very high on the corruption list. The things I've seen--from a fiduciary standpoint (as compared to how spending was handled in my previous position)--are enough to make your skin crawl. That's not meant to be an insult, it's the flat-out truth. I'm still adjusting. And breathing deeply.
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Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:12 pm to TutHillTiger
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1. Mississippi
Number one at something
Been itching to get that number 1 title back in something since Louisiana beat us out for fattest and Arizona for dumbest
This post was edited on 6/10/14 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:16 pm to TutHillTiger
I know in Mississippi it is impossible to have a female circuit court clerk that doesn't embezzle the shite out of some money. Seems like a different one gets busted every month.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:18 pm to TutHillTiger
Louisiana is easily the most corrupt state in America. I don't see how it's even debatable.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:24 pm to TutHillTiger
SEC SEC SEC!!!
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:30 pm to EKG
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I can say from personal experience that about a year ago, I transferred from a job in my home state (Texas) to a state that is ranked very high on the corruption list. The things I've seen--from a fiduciary standpoint (as compared to how spending was handled in my previous position)--are enough to make your skin crawl. That's not meant to be an insult, it's the fla
The opposite is true as a Louisiana boy living in Texas.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:42 pm to cardboardboxer
Yeah, it sounds like our situations are almost completely inversely related.
Lucky you.
Lucky you.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 9:53 pm to SpartyGator
Wrong, The clear winner is massachusetts. The commonwealth is so corrupt at the govt level that they don't' even investigate it. 
LINK
LINK
Posted on 6/10/14 at 10:15 pm to TutHillTiger
Article is shite.
Correlation does not equal causation.
The number of convictions is high because the exposure is high. MS has very good people auditing all over this State and they are ruthless at finding money mishandlings. Simply being not good at your job can get you landed in Jail and convicted of embezzling, because if you can't provide documentation then guilt is proven.
Also, the State of Mississippi needs every dime it can get, so the State Auditor's office is all over everything. The fact that we have a high number actually means we are far less corrupt.
True and well-seeded corruption doesn't get caught and is much more previlent in many other states.
Correlation does not equal causation.
The number of convictions is high because the exposure is high. MS has very good people auditing all over this State and they are ruthless at finding money mishandlings. Simply being not good at your job can get you landed in Jail and convicted of embezzling, because if you can't provide documentation then guilt is proven.
Also, the State of Mississippi needs every dime it can get, so the State Auditor's office is all over everything. The fact that we have a high number actually means we are far less corrupt.
True and well-seeded corruption doesn't get caught and is much more previlent in many other states.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 10:16 pm to TaxmanMSU
Posted on 6/10/14 at 10:21 pm to Patton
Posted on 6/10/14 at 10:22 pm to TutHillTiger
St tammany's police force is the most corrupt organization on the planet. I'm scared they'll kick in my door just for posting this
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