Regarding the lack of corruption in the US... if Halliburton's $7Billion unbid contracts in Iraq aren't a form of corruption, then I don't know what is.. and I don't see Dick Cheney languishing behind bars or flipping Big Macs. :D
I think the level of corruption in 1st World economies is also high: there have been corruption scandals in France and Germany. BUT --- 1) these economies can "absorb" some corruption, e.g. 20% of GDP, without hurting too much since they're robust 2) the corruption occurs not at the "retail" level so there's no public indignation Of course in the Philippines the corruption level exceeds 70%, AND it's a poor country, AND "enterprising" officials bring it down to the retail level, so the situation is much worse. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
