And how about that Filipino-American mayor of a California city who was convicted of corruption as well? HA! First world country, too. hehehe...
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:12:38 +0800, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
