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With a score of 71, the US has dropped four points since last year. This marks the first time since 2011 that the US falls outside of the top 20 countries on the CPI. To view the results, visit: www.transparency.org/cpi2018 “A four point drop in the CPI score is a red flag and comes at a time when the US is experiencing threats to its system of checks and balances, as well as an erosion of ethical norms at the highest levels of power,” said Zoe Reiter, Acting Representative to the US at Transparency International. “If this trend continues, it would indicate a serious corruption problem in a country that has taken a lead on the issue globally. This is a bipartisan issue that requires a bipartisan solution.”
Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year’s CPI, with an average score of just 43. It reveals that the continued failure of most countries to significantly control corruption is contributing to a crisis in democracy around the world. While there are exceptions, the data shows that despite some progress, most countries are failing to make serious inroads against corruption.
Canada, Australia and new Zealand are not countries, they are colonies still.
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
Canada, Australia and new Zealand are not countries, they are colonies still.
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Pay attention to the US Presidents deferring to the Queen.
US is still a captured nation.
originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: Waterglass
Worst part is, the media and left aren't smart enough to figure it out. They're the biggest useful idiots in the midst of pointing their fingers at everyone else and calling them idiots.