NOT THE BEES
It looks like they're taking the frequency of different kinds of corrupt things and averaging them.
Public Corruption: 16
Racketeering & Extortion: 18
Fraud Rank: 46
Forgery & Counterfeiting: 50
Embezzlement: 51
It's pretty high up there on Public Corruption, Racketeering, and Extortion, but apparently there's not a lot of the other things compared to other states.
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Ah, general rot. Usually people mean Gvt. rot.
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Guys, hate to tell you this, but from reading the actual bill in question, a few discrepancies pop up from the article linked in the OP:
- 1: It's an amendment, not a new bill. There's nothing in the actual bill text (that I saw) regarding the creation of any new funds. Apparently, such accounts were already available under existing law. I haven't tracked down the law this bill is amending, will try.
- 2: All the bill contains is a list of requirements that the funds be recorded, and the recordings be publicly available. It goes on for 5 pages, lists a wide variety of donation types and how they must be recorded and submitted before the candidate can enter office.
- 3: Nothing in here about the creation of new funds.
Here's a link to the bill's actual text.
I think this sounds like another bloviating blogger trying to stir up shit. I'd be real careful about believing stuff you read on the internets, if I were you people.
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
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Well, it certainly doesn't state that there are any limits, either...but you may be right. I certainly hope it's just an annoying blogger.
Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
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@Ultra: Oh me too. And again, the law is amending a previous one that's already on the books. I can't seem to find it, maybe the limits are in there. Still, something this egregious does cry out for some research, no?
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
No.
Private citizens and businesses do not have the necessary checks and balances to effectively replace our government in a faithful way.
@ izumoshep: Here I quote Wulf.
Precisely. Come back and chat when we can legally buy cocaine, tanks, and weapons-grade plutonium.
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We should get to work on that stuff anyway.
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^How exactly are those states being ranked? While I realize there may be multiple ways to measure corruption, I'm having trouble thinking of one that puts Illinois at 47th most corrupt.
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