[rellimpank]

—bflr—

[MSSC6644]

Interesting article for Christmas day. . .

Hope you all have a merry one.

[sionnsar]

the town practices corruption on a scale that compares to kleptocracies like Nigeria or kingdoms like Saudi Arabia.

Gee. I wonder why that would be? / sarc

[okie01]

This is one you can't pin on the locals.

After all, it's not their money that's being stolen.

It's ours.

[vetvetdoug]

Affirmative action for those competing with Enron, Frankel, Worldcom, and Keating...

[digger48]

from Wikipedia

Although there is a municipal government and a Mayor, Congress has the supreme authority over the city and district, which results in citizens having less self-governance than residents of the states. The District has a non-voting at-large Congressional representative. In the financial year 2004, federal tax collections were $16.9 billion[4] while federal spending in the District was $37.6 billion.[5]

[umgud]

The things that happen in Washington for some reason stay in Washington. They get almost no national attention, even though the town practices corruption on a scale that compares to kleptocracies like Nigeria or kingdoms like Saudi Arabia ....... or New Orleans

[oldbill]

"Move over, Illinois. Eat your heart out, Maryland. Doff your cap, New York. Have some respect, New Jersey, or, for that matter, Louisiana, a state long admired for its political corruption."

Notice how uber-lib and Republican-hater Dickie Cohen doesn't mention that all those states, like DC, are run by corrupt DEMOCRATS?

[Young Werther]

The Hildebeast will pardon these burricraps! She will then appoint them to lead the new Health Care, Kinder Care, Medicare and Social Care programs.

"It takes a Pillage!"

[Texas Eagle]

Well, looks look at this. If something similar had happened in a privately run business, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act would hold the CEOs of that business responsible.

Obviously what we need is a Sarbanes-Oxley Act for Government Bureaucracies.

HA!

[rabidralph]

Nothing ever changes. I've been reading about DC corruption since I was a kid back in the '70s. The reason it receives no airplay beyond the Post is 1a.) the criminals are mostly black, 1b.) the criminals are all democrats.

If people ever needed a reason to never vote for democrats, they could use DC Home-Rule as a lesson plan.

[traviskicks]

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