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On a scale of 1 to 10, how corrupt is the GA government?

Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:15 pm
Posted by tylerdurden24
Member since Sep 2009
46721 posts
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:15 pm
1 being pristine and 10 indicating that every member of the government is stuffing their pockets daily with taxpayer money? Please offer reasons for your response.

State Attorney General Olens declines Carter's request for new probe of Gov. Deal's 2010 ethics complaints
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64611 posts
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:40 pm to
4
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64611 posts
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:41 pm to
Fyi olens did the right thing. Jason carter is a maggot.
Posted by K9
wayx....BOBO IN '19
Member since Sep 2012
24268 posts
Posted on 6/27/14 at 8:41 pm to
no idea.


but based on the multiple episodes of Family Feud I have watched I will say 5.
Posted by Jefferson Dawg
Member since Sep 2012
31971 posts
Posted on 6/27/14 at 10:01 pm to
10

Because...........in politics, the scum always rises to the top.
Posted by Dawgs9
Where ever I am
Member since Sep 2012
1958 posts
Posted on 6/28/14 at 8:07 am to
10+ because they are the Gov
Posted by BeefDawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
4747 posts
Posted on 6/28/14 at 8:24 am to
I have 2 members of Cobb Co. Commission as wealth management clients and have gone to a ton of dinners, fundraisers, and random events where numerous other county, city, and state gov officials were present. So I've mingled with this crowd and shook virtually all of their hands, from the Governor on down.

It's pretty subjective by city and county and most of all, tenure. Fulton, for instance, is corrupt as hell top to bottom, mostly because it's almost all the same people for over a decade now. An absolute 10. DeKalb and Clayton are just as bad.

Basically, if your county touches Fulton or surrounds Hartsfield-Jackson airport, you're gov is between a 7-10 on the corruption scale. My clients in Cobb are constantly telling me about bullshite they have to deal with.

The GA state assembly, as a whole, is probably an 8-9. There's some good people there, but they're mostly the new folks. Anyone who's been there for more than 6 years has their hands dirty as frick.

And it's the same shite as with our federal government. It's all about spending tax payer dollars and awarding government contracts to crony corporations who will in turn donate back some of that money for certain politician's re-election campaigns.

It's always amazing how when any of these folks leave office, they're suddenly on the board of directors of like 20 corporations and getting huge signing bonuses and salaries for doing virtually nothing. Just so happens they're the same corporations that consistently received government contracts for services during that public servant's tenure in office.

And I use the term, "public servant" VERY loosely.
This post was edited on 6/28/14 at 8:28 am
Posted by GhostofCrowell
North Ave
Member since Oct 2013
1701 posts
Posted on 6/28/14 at 9:42 am to
Not that bad, I'd say a 4.

The ethics thing is mostly a Carter campaign tactic anyway. Otherwise he would have done this a lot earlier while he was in the State Senate
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25999 posts
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:48 am to
10

If you think it isn't 10, then that means the politicians are so good at corruption that they can cover it up. And that makes it 10.

Are there good politicians in the state assembly? yes. but as was said, beware anyone who has been around for near a decade. Even the good guys turn.
Posted by Nicolae
Member since Dec 2012
1880 posts
Posted on 6/28/14 at 2:22 pm to
If we're assuming that Illinois' state government is setting the pace at an 11 on this scale, GA is a solid 8.
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