It appears our fine state of South Carolina is one of America’s most corrupt states - #6 according to the 247wallst.com website. Here’s a little of what they wrote from http://247wallst.com/2012/03/22/americas-most-corrupt-states/#ixzz1qLamexnl
6. South Carolina
- Overall grade: F (57%)
- Public access to information: F
- Legislative accountability: F
- Political financing: D-
- Ethics enforcement agencies: F
South Carolina received nine failing grades in areas including executive, judicial and legislative accountability. State Integrity Investigation notes that the budget of South Carolina’s State Ethics Commission has been cut a total of six times in the past three years. In September 2010, all regulations on limiting contributions to political parties were eliminated. Additionally, many contributors to individual candidates abuse loopholes to avoid limitations on donations. There is also an antagonistic relationship between office-holding politicians and the press. Specifically, the report says, Governor Nikki Haley’s administration has used a policy of deleting important emails.
They ranked Georgia as being the MOST corrupt state in the nation.
The actual report is from “The Center for Public Integrity” – a George Soros non-profit, non partisan “watchdog” group of investigative reporters founded by a former 60 Minutes producer and most recently headed by cast-offs of PBS affiliates. Editors from the New York Times and LA Times refer to the organization as a “liberal group”. You can check out the report HERE
Are you really surprised at this report?
It seems this report just rehashes the same ol same ol year after year. Our system of a representative republic is still the best in the world in my humble opinion, but it seems for the last 70 years, those who are elected to go to Washington are choking the breathable document that is the US Constitution. I wonder what can we do to fix this? Electing well meaning people isn't doing the job. Not the one or two here and there who get so frustrated when they get up to Washington at the boondoggle and decide they're helpless and can't do anything beyond symbolism. What can we do, indeed? A revolution or uprising will be seen as a "domestic terror threat" and open up a whole NEW can of worms. The revolution of 1763 cannot happen today the way it did oh so long ago.
It seems this report just rehashes the same ol same ol year after year. Our system of a representative republic is still the best in the world in my humble opinion, but it seems for the last 70 years, those who are elected to go to Washington are choking the breathable document that is the US Constitution. I wonder what can we do to fix this? Electing well meaning people isn't doing the job. Not the one or two here and there who get so frustrated when they get up to Washington at the boondoggle and decide they're helpless and can't do anything beyond symbolism. What can we do, indeed? A revolution or uprising will be seen as a "domestic terror threat" and open up a whole NEW can of worms. The revolution of 1763 cannot happen today the way it did oh so long ago.
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