{"id":1030,"date":"2009-09-24T08:24:27","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T08:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2009-09-24T08:27:51","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T08:27:51","slug":"dirty-politics-costs-you-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/dirty-politics-costs-you-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirty politics costs you millions."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transparency International&#8217;s 2009 corruption survey is out.  There is no improvement in the swathe of corruption that stifles the work of everyone.  It is a dirty scum of waste that feeds the rich, all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>The report notes that in the US corporations spent an average of $200,000 a year on lobbying every politician elected to state legislatures and it points to the corrosive impact of 16,500 lobbyists working to influence the European Union in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve consistently derided the corruption that acted as a catalyst for the global financial crisis &#8211; because ratings agencies had a conflict of interest and failed to highlight the high levels of risk of financial products they did not understand, a form of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Transparency International:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read more on the Global Corruption Report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/news_room\/in_focus\/2009\/gcr2009\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Download the report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/content\/download\/46187\/739801\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Read Transparency International\u2019s Policy Positions on key issues related to private sector corruption, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/publications\/publications\/policy_positions\/pp_7_2009_cartels\" target=\"_blank\">countering cartels<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/publications\/publications\/policy_positions\/pp_6_2009_corp_lobbying\" target=\"_blank\">controlling corporate lobbying and financing of political activities<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/publications\/publications\/policy_positions\/pp_4_2009_building_corp_integrity\" target=\"_blank\">building corporate integrity systems to address corruption risks<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/publications\/publications\/policy_positions\/pp_9_2009_reg_private_sector\" target=\"_blank\">making anti-corruption regulation effective for the private sector<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BBC: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/8271547.stm\">Corruption &#8216;stifling economies&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transparency International&#8217;s 2009 corruption survey is out. There is no improvement in the swathe of corruption that stifles the work of everyone. It is a dirty scum of waste that feeds the rich, all over the world. 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