Do You Feel Political Corruption Will Rise?

According to a recent survey, half of the public expect political corruption to rise. Those surveyed believe politicians are becoming more corrupt. They also believe that no one is doing anything to stop it.

The lobby group Transparency International interviewed more than 60,000 people worldwide, including 1,000 in Ireland, and found widespread cynicism on standards in public office.

Almost half of Irish people surveyed (47%) think corruption will get worse during the next three years, up to 15 percentage points more than in 2005.

In order to curtail political corruption, the government need to enact laws with substantial seizure of assets from their ill gotten gains. How do you think the government should handle corrupt political officials?

Bribery and Graft

Bribery requires two participants: one to give the bribe, and one to take it. Bribes may be demanded in order for an official to do something he is already paid to do. They may also be demanded in order to bypass laws and regulations.

While bribery includes an intent to influence or be influenced by another for personal gain, which is often difficult to prove, graft only requires that the official gains something of value, not part of his official pay, when doing his work. Large "gifts" qualify as graft.

Bribery and graft can cause serious econimic damage to the economy. Tougher laws need to be established in order to increase the criminal and civil penalties against the corrupt individuals who engage in these practices.

Fight Political Corruption Now

It is crucial that we as a society fight corruption by not remaining silent. Do not allow corrupt individuals to harm our cities. If we allow it to continue, our country will suffer for years to come and the detrimental effects will be staggering.

Corruption is a general concept describing any organized, interdependent system in which part of the system is either not performing duties it was originally intended to, or performing them in an improper way, to the detriment of the system's original purpose.

Political corruption, dysfunctions of a political system or institution in which public officials seek illegitimate personal gain through actions such as bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. "Rent seeking" is a closely related term in economics.

In broad terms, political corruption is the misuse by government officials of their governmental powers for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, like repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Illegal acts by private persons or corporations not directly involved with the government is not considered political corruption either.

Stan "Pampy" Barre & Oliver Thomas: The Year "2007" Version of the Laurel & Hardy Show

Laurel & Hardy




Bye bye, Stan & Ollie. New Orleans will be better off without you. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy entertained America. New Orleans' version of Stan & Ollie are a public disgrace.

Convicted Criminals: Stan "Pampy" Barre & Oliver Thomas. How Did They Become Partners In Crime?

Gee Stan and Ollie. How did you two become partners in crime?

Why did Stan, New Orleans' most notorious criminal, really choose you Ollie? What does he know about you?