re: Are we, as a nation, more corrupt than we thought?

In other news: the amazing viscosity of water and sheltered women horrified to learn how popular female anatomy is.

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I don't see how people still have faith and think that things like voting and protesting still accomplish anything. The system has been rigged

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Do you honestly think that voting doesn't matter? You think the system was rigged for Trump to be president?
Yeah system is corrupt as frick, but the population still have a pretty important voice.

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How does a high profile inmate placed on suicide watch get enough privacy to do the deed?

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Just to play Saban's advocate, the guy who was supposed to be watching hates Epstein and doesn't put much effort into trying to stop him.

Also may want to check the list of visitors. Could be a Frank Pentangeli deal.

Not more than I thought. People have always looked out for themselves, elite or just the average schlub.

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Let’s say suggested revolution was successful. What do you replace our current government with?

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That's tough. I'm not smart enough to say. A rough guess would be going back to the intent of the constitution. Figuring out some way to apply the lessons we've learned and prevent the same corruption from happening again. That can't be done due to human nature though.

And I dont think it would likely be successful anyway. Not quickly and without heavy casualties. They're not going to go down without a fight. And with technology these days, it's scary how you could be picked off in an instant.

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We are really corrupt because we have something called lobbying that’s illegal in most other nations

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In other nations it’s called bribery.

I'm not going to say one way or the other....but I dang well make sure I always wash my hands thoroughly after using a public restroom.

As you were.

I have never put a cap on possible corruption that takes places in the United States (and around the world).

Our healthcare system is corrupt. Not the system itself, but it is designed to allow corruption to happen.

The other day I listened to 'The Perfect Scam', its a podcast about.... Well. Scams. There is one called Dr. Rotten: Can Medicare Fraud Give You Cancer. Its about a doctor who was diagnosing people with cancer even though they didn't have it. They were put on chemo just so that he can charge medicare for the services.

Not this particular situation, but there are a lot of places that do this. One time I had to go get something fixed on my wheelchair and the guy who worked at the place said that he was going in on Saturday and that way I wouldn't have to miss work, I could just go in then.

He unloaded on me telling about how he was about to quit working there and how it made him sick knowing how things were run. The company would get physical therapist to write up that someone needed a new wheelchair. It would be old people who just laid up in the bed..

They would deliver them a new wheelchair, they would die months, a few years later.. The wheelchair would go untouched, the family had no use for it so the chairs they would get back, they turned around and resold them.. And that that wasn't something that was done just at the place he worked, it was pretty much every medical supply company.

One time I had to go to PT for my arm. Long story short, the second time I went there was a lady there who "wanted to see" if I could benefit from one of her company's arm braces. It was a piece of plastic with velcro straps. When he found out I had insurance through work and not medicare, she legit changed her attitude. She went from being all nice to "I got to hurry up". She says I needed to wear it for two weeks.

It did nothing, like I said, it was a piece of plastic with velcro straps and it didn't even make sense because it was my upper arm.

About a week after the two weeks I was suppose to wear it til, I get a letter telling me that I had to return the brace ASAP. I just sort of forgot about it, something I would do when I got around to it, but a week later I get a letter telling me if I didn't return it ASAP they would charge me $2000 for the cost of the brace and $1000 for every week until I bring it back, because that's what it was costing them.

I kind of took it as a threat, like they were going to make me pay $2000 out of pocket claiming that was the cost of the brace so I sent them a letter along with the brace.. I pretty much said that it was laughable that they claim the cost of a piece of plastic and some velcro straps cost them $2000 and that I was sending it back because I didn't want to deal with it, but before I would have ever paid them $2000 plus $1000 a week I would have reported them for the fraud they are and that I hope they sleep well at night knowing they wake up every day not earning an honest living..

I know I know.. tl;dr.. But I am just saying that this is just one part of misuse of government funds through a corrupt system. These types of things go on, on a daily basis and the type of corruption that I feel like actually is felt in everyone's pocketbooks (our medical system)..

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It seems like we have a very serious corruption problem that prevents us from bringing justice to the rich and famous.

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People have a problem viewing their own nation as being corrupted like others around them.