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Saturday, August 1, 2009
How Did The U.S.A. Become ... The Sleaziest Country In The World?
From Canada.com:
Sex-addict senators, kidney-running rabbis, corrupt mayors.
It is at this time of year that I update my survey of world governance -- roughly shadowing the United Nations Human Development and Quality of Life Indices, and the World Economic Forum ratings of national investment climate.
Once again, Thailand wins in the category of political entertainment. Former premier Thaksin Shinawatra became a billionaire in the computer software business, founded the Thais Loving Thais political party to exploit rural discontent with the elites in Bangkok, was elected, abolished capital gains taxes ... and then sold his business for a capital gain of over $1-billion.
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