Word: corrupts
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...hiding huge debt. The problem is, we have seen this before. When it becomes routine for corporations to donate big bucks to both political parties and then seek bailouts, when workers get fleeced, while CEOs make more than an entire nation's GNP, our system has become horribly corrupt. Perhaps it is time for the kind of patriotism that inspires citizens finally to say Enough is enough. LANCE MOORE Monroeville...
...what’s wrong with the 2002 Games? I can point to three specific problems: 1) they’re in winter; 2) they’re corrupt, and; 3) the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is getting ridiculous...
...virtual prisoner of the Israelis. Either way, they have long-since given up hope in the peace process he promised would end the occupation and bring them statehood. 'Palestinian Authority' is fast becoming a misnomer for a bankrupt administration long despised by its own people for its authoritarianism and corrupt cronyism, the limits of its authority graphically demonstrated on a daily basis by the Israelis. Today it is not only the Islamists and leftists but Arafat's own followers, too, who are openly defying their leader, taking Palestinian fate into their own hands along with Kalashnikovs and belts of explosives...
...responsible for so many decisions requiring so much homework that many of us feel helpless and paralyzed. The risks of inaction or unwise action are rising, even as many of the professionals on whom we would like to rely for guidance are proving untrustworthy and even corrupt...
...loosened. It has also pulled back from the regulation of business. That's a direction we have chosen through our own elections, and in many ways it has served us well. But what we didn't anticipate was the degree to which lightly regulated companies would be able to corrupt the professionals on whom we have relied to guide us through complex financial and medical matters and to look out for our interests. We now know that we can't trust stock analysts and financial planners, who often get paid more for selling us shaky stocks and mutual funds than...