Want Less Corruption? Shrink the Size of Government

Washington is riddled with corruption, much of which actually is legal. The politicians and other insiders claim that more ethics laws and lobbying rules are the solution. Some even say the only answer is campaign finance laws that restrict 1st Amendment rights to fully participate in the political process. This Center for Freedom and Prosperity video explores a different hypothesis and concludes that big government is inherently corrupting. www.freedomandprosperity.org

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[dmaninthewall]

NOW I HIM FOR president

[echuwabo]

The same in Portugal

[tigerhop]

Like the founding fathers believed, there was a higher law, above men, which was the God given right of Life, Liberty, and pursuit of property.

[seaplaneguy1]

Look up CAFR (Comprehensive annual financial Report) for all government entities. Total revenue was 14 trillion. Gov. takes taxes, investment income, and enterprise income. We have NO deficit. In short gov takes in 3 times what they say is their "budget" and use deficits to increase taxes. We could have NO taxes at all and all gov services could be covered. Wake up

[tlfettled]

Notice when he say's-THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN CORRUPTION IN CONGRESS

[mufflejoy]

Interesting video. I agree that reducing the size of government reduces the opportunity for corruption. However there is a risk of myopic focus if that alone becomes a driving factor. Reducing complexity of the tax code - great. But what is the role and responsibility of government? Is the underlying disease one of navel-vision and greed in the population and is that governments fault?

[RippIemagne]

@crossxlui

Thank you for explaining that. Because if I had to do it, it'd have been a lot meaner. Hahaha.

[danielcooper1000]

SBX 211 corrupt judges go to full disclosure and juditial watch and Dr shirley moore.

We need to show support to bringing these courpt judges to justice. the los angeles superior court judges are stealing 50,000 each. times all 436 of them = 21,000,000.00

per year. if we don't get angry about it they will get away with it. twenty one million per year.

[nottinmatterz2day]

@carolyncriss exactly

[crossxlui]

@revbillw7 You got to understand that big corporations have a place in the economy through its economics of scales. Just imagining chopping walmart or AOL into tiny pieces, just how is small businesses going to support their high fixed cost. Regulating "size" isn't going to work well...just start with getting the system right. :)