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Chicago Called Most Corrupt City In Nation
chicago.cbslocal.com ^ | 2/14/12 | cbs chicago

Posted on 02/14/2012 2:39:29 PM PST by ColdOne

CHICAGO (CBS) — A former Chicago alderman turned political science professor/corruption fighter has found that Chicago is the most corrupt city in the country.

He cites data from the U.S. Department of Justice to prove his case. And, he says, Illinois is third-most corrupt state in the country.

University of Illinois professor Dick Simpson estimates the cost of corruption at $500 million.

It’s essentially a corruption tax on citizens who bear the cost of bad behavior (police brutality, bogus contracts, bribes, theft and ghost pay-rolling to name a few) and the costs needed to prosecute it.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
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1 posted on 02/14/2012 2:39:33 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

All we need now is one of those Staples
“That Was Easy” buttons.


2 posted on 02/14/2012 2:41:31 PM PST by albie
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To: ColdOne

In other news, water is wet and the sun rises in the east.


3 posted on 02/14/2012 2:42:30 PM PST by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: ColdOne

Naaah! Can’t be! /s


4 posted on 02/14/2012 2:43:47 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican
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To: ColdOne

Ummm.....DUH!


5 posted on 02/14/2012 2:43:56 PM PST by Pablo64 (Political Correctness is a DISEASE. <==> TRUTH is the CURE.)
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To: ColdOne

We’re number one!
We’re number one!
We’re number one!

Even more than Washington, DC?


6 posted on 02/14/2012 2:44:50 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (The only economic certainty: When it all blows up, Krugman will say we didn't spend enough.)
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To: ColdOne
We're #1, We're #1, We're #1

God only knows how much I hate this city.
7 posted on 02/14/2012 2:46:14 PM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: ColdOne

Only because Detroit is out of things to steal from...


8 posted on 02/14/2012 2:49:08 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: ColdOne

Strip the money out of Chicago and it will burn.


9 posted on 02/14/2012 2:49:32 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: ColdOne

That’s why Baraq is so dangerous.

A hard left academic with a “masters” degree in “operations” from the Chicago political mob.

That decade as a “community organizer” .........


10 posted on 02/14/2012 2:49:43 PM PST by nascarnation (DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
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To: ColdOne

But IL is only the THIRD most corrupt state?

#1 and #2 must be, um, what, NY and CA?

NY and MA?

NJ and NY?

I really want to know!


11 posted on 02/14/2012 2:49:53 PM PST by Loyal Sedition
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To: ColdOne

12 posted on 02/14/2012 2:50:43 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: ColdOne

And just think: Chicago gave Hussein his Senate seats on a silver platter (even ran unopposed in his state race, IIRC).

In the words of the great George Putnam: “This fish stinks from the head.”


13 posted on 02/14/2012 2:50:55 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: nascarnation

Yep and the cream of the corrupt crop is now running our country——great.


14 posted on 02/14/2012 2:51:20 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: ColdOne

They don’t call Cook County, Crook County, for nothin’!!!


15 posted on 02/14/2012 2:54:00 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: ColdOne

Where did New Orleans rank?


16 posted on 02/14/2012 2:55:45 PM PST by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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17 posted on 02/14/2012 2:58:42 PM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: dandiegirl

I never understood how Obama defeated “Queen Hillary” who was predestined for the nomination.

Several FReepers have educated me that the Chicago mob had a tactical nuke they could threaten the Clintons with. This kept the Clintons from using their vaunted private detective force to dig into and publicize Obama’s dubious history.

Likely some info on the multitude of suspicious deaths of people associated with the Clintons over the years.


18 posted on 02/14/2012 2:58:47 PM PST by nascarnation (DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
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To: ColdOne

Only a Chicago could produce the likes of our sham president....


19 posted on 02/14/2012 3:00:06 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: GeronL

Good one


20 posted on 02/14/2012 3:01:37 PM PST by lormand (A Government who robs Peter to pay Paul, will always have the support of Paul)
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