Is corruption a problem?

By Wally Edge | August 11th, 2009 - 6:32am
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New Jersey voters, by a 50%-15% margin, say they associate corruption with Democrats more than Republicans, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

More than nine out of then (93%) of New Jerseyans say government corruption is a "somewhat serious" or "very serious" problem and 65% of voters say the recent wave of corruption arrests embarrasses them as New Jersey residents.

"Is corruption a big problem?  Wow, is it!   Almost everyone in New Jersey thinks so.   And two thirds feel personally embarrassed to live in a state where politicians are pictured in handcuffs," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "More than half associate corruption with the Democratic party.  Almost a third say both parties share the blame.   Republicans pretty much get a pass."

Independent voters blame Democrats, 56%-9%, and even 28% of Democrats point the finger at their own party.

Corruption is New Jersey

Ever since Katrina, New Jersey was able to lock into 1st Place on the Corruption Meter.

Now, if only there would be Pension consequences to corruption as an elected official, there might be a chance to remedy this dubious honor.

Become a State Senator, Assemblyman, Mayor, Commissioner, etc. stash a couple of million bucks, get caught, go away for 2 years, and voila, retire with a nice pension, full health-care benefits, and enough cash to live happily ever after. If you are embarrassed by the stain, you move to another state.

"If you don't read the newspapers, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspapers, you are misinformed."  - Mark Twain

 

government is corruption

We like to think of ourselves as moral upstanding people . . . moral upstanding people being those who work hard in exchange for remuneration in the form of wages and/or profits and who refrain from forcibly interfering with everyone else's right to do the same. We would not dream of taking another's property without their consent.

Tax-funded government, on the other hand, is the antithesis of morality. It exists by forcibly extracting the resources of others for its own benefit and then forcibly controls the otherwise peaceful, contractual behavior of others.

Thus, government as we understand it is inherently corrupt. Because as an institution it is inherently corrupt, it attracts people who have the character consistent with the requirements of the work.

The real question can never be whether we shall have corruption IN government, but rather how big and oppressive is the government we have. Given a large, ecpensive and overweening government, we'll alaways have a concurrent degree of "corruption".

You can't reform government any more than you can tell a fox (once given access to the henhouse) that it should act to protect and serve the hens. Simply not in the nature of the beast.

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