Jan 29 2009
Political Corruption: Enough Is Enough
Both the UK and the US seem to be caught up in major political corruption scandals at the moment and I have to say that it really makes you wonder how the other half live. Last week news broke of peers in the House of Lords taking money for making amendments to various laws and now Rod Blagojevich has been impeached from his role as the Governor of Illinois after trying to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat. Of course that has been an incredibly long saga but it just highlights how much money rules the laws we live by in many ways.
The House of Lords scandal and the Rod Blagojevich scandal both highlight the fact that our public servants are no longer serving the public at all but are, on the other hand, definitely looking after their own bank balances. Money has long ruled the world and will undoubtedly continue to do so. None of those involved in either scandal believe that they have done anything inappropriate or fundamentally wrong but they have. They have betrayed the people whose best interests they are sworn to look out for. However, there is a silver lining. The Senate demonstrated no qualms when they convicted Blaojevich and I hope the House of Lords will do the same. For the UK now and in the future, those 4 money-grubbing peers have to be shown the same moral standard and go. There is no way to make them leave their posts as yet, but hopefully there will be a way to do so in the very near future should they be proven corrupt!
- Ex-Bank Mandiri Directors Acquitted Of Corruption, Neloe is the Victim of Dirty politic by incumbent goverment
- 3 Steps to Fighting Illinois Corruption: Ethics, Reform, 50% Income Tax Increase
- Time For Political Change In America
- A small-time corruption case with big-time implications
- the state of corruption
