Forces Of Alleged Greed Working Against The USA.

Forces Of Alleged Greed Working Against The USA.

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If we were to measure any single politician by his or her voting record, one might come up with some sort of accurate analysis of what that person believes in, stands for, and is wiling to fight for.  There is a sort of natural self serving  division or dichotomy that politicians often exhibit, self interests vs what is best for constituents. There is the wishes for what is best for the people, who the politician represents, and then the wishes of the political donors who typically give the most financial support.  So there may be three factors, self interest, donor interests and constituent interests.  It too often occurs that what is best for the people and the nation is not what the donor class wishes to take place.  This is an often obvious conflict.  This some times explains why a particular politician supports or rejects particular legislation and it often comes down to donor support.

Joseph Manchin III, an American politician, a “Democrat” and businessman and senior United States senator from West Virginia appears to be working for the Republican Party when looking at his alleged obstruction of pending Democratic legislation in 2021.  This senator along with Kyrsten Sinema  have vastly diminished the Democratic agenda and resulting reputation of that party.  This strongly works to improve the GOP but not the American public.

Why?  What could be the reason for allegedly working for the gains and betterment of the Republican Party?

One rather obvious answer is that the political contributors for Joe Manchin tell him that this is what they want.  They definitely do not want higher corporate taxes, spending that expands the national debt, restricts their industrial sector, and anything else that is perceived as being a negative factor toward their corporate success and profits.

Look at the donor list for Joseph Manchin provided below.  Note how many businesses in the list might work for the GOP and against the Democratic Party.  His donor list favors giving to Republicans.  The smaller amount of donations to Democrats just might be to Joseph Manchin to sway his vote to give back to his self serving libertarian billionaires.

Rank

Contributor

Total

Individuals

PACs

1

Tellurian Inc (Oil & Gas; Natural Gas transmission & distribution). 62.28% to Democrats, 37.72% to Republicans

$24,750

$19,750

$5,000

2

Starkey Hearing Technologies.  Pharmaceuticals/Health Products; Medical Devices & Supplies.   0.00% to Democrats, 100.00% to Republicans

$19,900

$17,400

$2,500

3

Votesane PAC.  73.91% to GOP and 26.09% to Democrats.

$19,500

$19,500

$0

4

SV Angel LLC

$11,600

$11,600

$0

5

United Distributors

$11,600

$11,600

$0

6

Student Systems Software

$11,600

$11,600

$0

7

Continental Resources.   0.00% to Democrats, 100.00% to Republicans

$10,100

$5,100

$5,000

8

Coterra Energy

$10,000

$5,000

$5,000

9

Apollo Global Management

$10,000

$5,000

$5,000

10

Arena Energy

$10,000

$10,000

$0

11

Nacero Inc

$10,000

$10,000

$0

12

SoftBank Corp

$8,700

$8,700

$0

13

Coury Financial

$8,700

$8,700

$0

14

Crow Holdings

$8,400

$8,400

$0

15

Baker, Donelson et al.   58.88% to Democrats, 41.12% to Republicans

$8,300

$5,800

$2,500

16

National Mining Assn  14.44% to Democrats, 85.56% to Republicans

$8,000

$2,000

$6,000

17

LHC Group. 49.93% to Democrats, 50.07% to Republicans

$7,900

$2,900

$5,000

18

Akin, Gump et al   44.59% to Democrats, 54.74% to Republicans

$7,500

$6,000

$1,500

19

CBRE Group

$6,800

$6,800

$0

20

Jones Walker LLP.   23.56% to Democrats, 74.34% to Republicans

$6,500

$1,500

$5,000

Source:  https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/joe-manchin/contributors?cid=N00032838&cycle=2022

We are now agonizing over two senators who control the future of this country due to apparent past American voter ignorance.

Summary:  It is incredibly unfortunate and somewhat stupid that the American voting public apparently really screwed up the last national election by not giving President Biden a larger working congressional majority.  2020 was the big win the Democrats needed and didn’t get.  The result is that the American public now really wants the President Biden’s three-part agenda to rescue, recover, and rebuild the country to succeed.  But the American public failed to view how to best improve their future as a result of their vote.  This situation is now, today, compounded by allowing just a few politicians to wield control over the Democratic agenda.  Just a couple of alleged corrupt Democrat politicians can now work toward their own selfish ends that their GOP donors wish them to while trying to hide who is paying them off using snowball theatrics.

Possible Solution:  The American public should consider not supporting any individual and corporation that is now, or in the recent past, who has been discovered working against the Build Back Better Agenda.  Let’s send these corporations a direct message that they can no longer hide behind their paid politicians when they work against what is best for the whole nation.  Corporate greed will no longer be tolerated!

References:  How Not to Let Corporations Kill Biden’s Agenda,  Oct. 21, 2021

Related Issue:  In The Atlantic magazine, November 2021 issue there is a very good article, The Men Who Are Killing America’s Newspapers, Inside Alden Global Capital, The Secretive Hedge Fund Gutting Newsrooms and Damaging Democracy by McKay Coppins.  This article reveals how Alden Global is diminishing, eviscerating, some of this country’s best newspapers to gain monetary gain over all other considerations.   This is just one more example of powerful corporate money interests working toward ruining the United States of America.  

Summary:  In the examples above, you should can come to realize that corporate greed often times works against the values and best interests of the American people.  Currently, the United States is under attack by the forces that want to remove our Democracy and replace it with an authoritarian form of government so that the plutocracy class of people gains control.  Congress should come up with some form of protections.

 

 

Posted October 23, 2021

Republican Business Failure

Republican Business Failure

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The Republican Party has changed itself into a very difficult if not impossible political party due to it following a grossly flawed if not stupid philosophy. 

Not all Republicans have the following deficiencies, which I will list below.  Each Republican varies as to the how they accept or reject with the items listed below.

The management team of the GOP has the possible deficiencies:

  • Possessing a high enough IQ to understand future outcomes from their actions.
  • Correctly evaluating how their decisions impact the United States and their party now and in the future.
  • Understand their obligations to all citizens instead of the white minority population.  This factor alone is possibly the single most negative for the GOP and is so stupid which paints all these people as stupid. 

At the root of the GOP failure it their inferior product: 

  • Pander to white supremacy.
  • Diminish minority interests.
  • Expand the interests of white minority.
  • Pander to industrial military complex by unlimited funding and very little oversight for proposed weapon improvements and existing weapons.
  • Neo fascist propensity.
  • Control of the election process in attempts to achieve election victory for their candidates.  These controls are often times unethical if not a crime.  A list of some election controls follows from various states:
    • Geremandering
    • Voter suppression:
      • Removal of US mail in ballots.
      • Removal of US mail drop points.
      • Shortening of voting periods.
      • Require election officials to verify voters’ signatures.
      • Limit the number and location for ballot drop-boxes.
      • Eliminate the state’s permanent mail-voting list.
      •  Require voters to apply for mail ballots before each election.
      • Stop counties from automatically mailing early ballots if they do not use them often enough.
      • Remove voters from the state’s “Early Voting List” if they fail to submit an early ballot at least once every two election cycles.
      • Give partisan election observers more power to raise objections.
      • Required people offering voters assistance to stay at least 150 feet (45 m) away from polling places, an increase from the previous 100-foot (30-m) radius

Summary:  The Republican Party, when it adds voting requirements beyond what is reasonable, is violating the sovereign power that each US citizen possesses.  Each US citizen holds ownership of the United States and as such should possess extreme power and authority in the operation and regulation of the country.  No one must interfere with the individual citizen’s ownership rights to choose who will work for their interests.  This is similar to US citizens owning a company called the United States and as owners they hire the staff of the business to correctly operate it with their supreme oversight.  At no point should the business management fail to perform business operations that work against the owners of the company.

 

Posted:  September 30, 2021

iMac Problem Of Not Getting Internet.

iMac Problem Of Not Getting Internet.

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NOTE: This computer problem ONLY came about because our house has the option to connect both WiFi and Ethernet connections to our computers.  I suspect that Apple changed their recent operating system to allow for this conflict.  Both  Wi-Fi and Ethernet to be turned on at the same time into your computer.

CAUTION:  The following descriptions and solutions can be rather difficult to understand.  If my explanations are not clear to you, do NOT attempt any of these changes.  If you attempt to make any changes to any computer settings, please write each change down so you can back out if things do not work better.

I have been using iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) for years and began having problems after the Big Sur software was provided (11.5.2).  Over time, I noticed that my iMac was acting very slow (probably unrelated to this main issue).  Then, all of a sudden my iMac failed to connect to the Internet.  It seemed that my problem was with our Internet cable provider.  I was wrong.  A technician came to our house and spent two hours evaluating our system and thinks that the Internet signal coming into the house was just a bit too weak.  He installed an amplifier to boost the signal coming into our house.  He got my iMac to work also by switching out a 1 by 3 with a 1 by 2 cable splitter.  He also was suspicious of our Macintosh Airport Time Capsule unit not performing properly.   But, the next day my iMac failed to show an Internet signal.  What is going on?  I did some research using my cell phone while having lunch with my wife at a restaurant.   The best advice I found, that helped me pinpoint this problem, was to disconnect every device from the iMac and reboot the computer.  Then see if all those disconnected devices made the computer work.  Well, the computer did work perfectly with all those cables removed.  I then reconnected each cable, one at a time, and restarted the computer to view the result.  I found that this pinpointed the problem exactly. I found out that when I connected my Ethernet cable to my iMac, the Internet failed.   I think this was because I always use WiFi to get Internet into my iMac.  So TWO Internet signals were flowing into my iMac.  This is rather odd.  You would think that Apple would have automated this not to happen.  My wife has an iMac and has BOTH WiFi going into her computer at the same time.  But she was told by her employer IT department NOT to upgrade her system until they checked it out for bugs.  So, she is using Catalina 10.15.7.   I went to her computer and discovered that I could NOT activate WiFi and Ethernet at the same time.  The Macintosh programmers with her system had avoided this conflict problem.  So, it seems that the newer update is possibly flawed on my computer.  If this is true, then over two hours of my cable system provider was wasted as well as hours of my time.

Troubleshooting method:

I used two applications to show me if there was a problem or not on my computer screen.  These two computer programs would definitely show me failure because both show very nice large windows on my computer screen:

  1.  Airport Utility was important for showing me if we were getting the Internet cable provider signal or not.  At the top of the this display screen is a round globe, probably representing the Earth.  Just below this globe shows whether I am connected to the Internet or not.  The color dot before the word Internet is what you need to check.  Green is good WiFi connection.

 

2.  Ring Doorbell computer application was also pretty nice in that it was a go or no go revealing I had a problem or not.   This application would fail to show my Ring cameras and doorbell if my home WiFi input system failed.  I used both these empirical indicators as my test meters.  I had both these applications opened on my computer screen during all my tests.

Solutions:

  1. Unplug the Ethernet Cale going into your computer.  This is the most simple solution.  This assumes that your WiFi is working and turned ON at your computer.  It also assumes that you favor Wi-Fi over Ethernet.  If you do not get a signal into your computer, then go into the System Preferences > Network and turn that port on (explained next).
  2. The next solution is way more complicated and requires more steps to complete.  But, this system gives you more specific control, if you understand this process.  Go into your System Preferences by mouse clicking the apple logo in the top left corner of your screen.  Select System Preferences from the rather long drop down menu.  This will then show you a really large list of system operation options for you to modify.  Mouse click on the Network menu option.

Once Network is chosen, you should see all the individual signals going in and out of your computer.  In the image below, you can see that my computer had BOTH Ethernet and Wi-Fi turned on!  The solution was to turn OFF Ethernet and turn ON Wi-Fi.  It is my opinion that Apple programmers made a mistake by allowing both Ethernet and Wi-Fi to be active.  On my wife’s iMac, the programmers had solved this problem.

 

The above configuration was my problem because, as you can see BOTH Ethernet and Wi-Fi are connected!  I went into the menu and turned off Ethernet as seen in the image below.

The way you turn on and off any signal connection using this system preference is to look just below the list of connections where you will see this very small control panel at the bottom.  I enlarged this panel image below for you to identify it better.

 

The + is used to add a new signal.  (Do not use this right now)

The – is used to delete a signal source shown in the list above.  (Do not use this right now)  

The above menu item shown above is what you need to look at.

Mouse click on any signal input and this small menu item gives you the option to turn that signal OFF if it is currently ON.  It also allows you to turn that signal ON if it is currently OFF.  If Ethernet shows on the list, you can then turn it off.  I recommend that you do not remove it as you may want to turn it on some time in the future.  Make sure that WiFi is turn on if that is your favorite method for getting Internet.

OPTION: 
You can also reverse the above instructions and turn OFF WiFi and turn ON Ethernet.  It is your choice.  But, if you have my problem that the computer fails with both on, then make sure you choose one or the other.  

OPTION:
My house has both Ethernet and WiFi.  If your home system is the same BUT you have a failure with one of those systems, then go to your computer and make sure the signal system in your home that IS working is now turned on at your computer so your computer can continue to receive Internet signals.

 

 

Posted August 30, 2021

Shocking E-Mail

Shocking E-Mail

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Today I received a really shocking e-mail.

 

America’s Worst Right-Wingers: A TNR Readers’ Poll

From the Senate to Fox News to the Trump family, who represents the worst of the worst?

This poll I received in the mail, dramatically reveals to all of us how corrupt, low IQ, selfish, conniving, the worst of the Republican Party can be.  I also see a similarity between this group of GOP individuals that I had an opportunity to vote for in this pole and Afghanistan taliban members.  Both groups have in common the inability to understand reality, work intelligently toward nation building and better serving the people.

I commend The New Republic for putting this poll out for all of us to vote!  I am still shocked at receiving this!

If you look up The New Republic in a Google search you should find this:  “The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues.”  They sure have my vote for doing just that.

 

 

Posted:  August 26, 2021

USA, 3.5 Trillion Budget Proposal (2021)

USA, 3.5 Trillion Budget Proposal (2021)

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UPDATE:  August 24, 2021, House approves the $3.5 billion proposal!  Note that this is only a proposal and not yet a law.  The budget resolution sets a target date of September 15 for committees to submit their reconciliation legislation.

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The Democratic Party is in the process of vastly improving the operation, the function, of the United States of America with the 3.5 trillion budget proposal.  The Republican Party fails to support this bill probably because they favor and support the plutocracy class which is fearful that their taxes will rise. 

Following is a proposed list of improvements to the USA operation:

  • Agriculture conservation, drought, and forestry programs to help reduce carbon emissions and prevent wildfires.
  • Rural development and rural co-op clean energy investments.
  • Agricultural climate research and research infrastructure. 
  • Civilian Climate Corps funding.
  • Child nutrition.
  • Debt relief August 9, 2021 2 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs The Banking Committee receives an instruction of $332 billion. 
  • Creation and preservation of affordable housing by making historic investments in programs like the Housing Trust Fund, HOME, the Capital Magnet Fund, and rural housing.
  • Improve housing affordability and equity by providing down payment assistance, rental assistance, and other homeownership initiatives.
  • Community investment, development and revitalization through initiatives like Community Land Trusts, investments in CDBG, zoning, land use, and transit improvements and creating healthy and sustainable housing.
  • Public Housing Capital Investments and Sustainability Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology The Commerce Committee receives an instruction of $83 billion. 
  • Investments in technology, transportation, and more.
  • Research, manufacturing, and economic development.
  • Coastal resiliency, healthy oceans investments, including the National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund.
  • National Science Foundation research and technology directorate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources The Energy Committee receives an instruction of $198 billion. 
  • Clean Electricity Payment Program.
  • Consumer rebates to weatherize and electrify homes.
  • Financing for domestic manufacturing of clean energy and auto supply chain technologies.
  • Federal procurement of energy efficient materials. 
  • Climate research.
  • Research infrastructure for DOE National Labs. 
  • Hard Rock mining ? 
  • Department of Interior programs Committee on Environment and Public Works The Environment and Public Works Committee receives an instruction of $67 billion.  
  • Clean Energy Technology Accelerator that would fund low-income solar and other climate-friendly technologies.
  • Environmental justice investments in clean water affordability and access, healthy ports and climate equity.
  • EPA climate and research programs.
  • Federal investments in energy efficient buildings and green materials. 
  • Appalachian Regional Commission and Economic Development Administration economic development and transition programs.
  • Investments in clean vehicles August 9, 2021.
  • Methane polluter fee to reduce carbon emissions Committee on Finance The Finance Committee will receive an instruction that requires at least $1 billion in deficit reduction. This will provide the Committee with flexibility to make investment, revenue and offset decisions consistent with the policy recommendations. Please see Section II of this memo for more information about this instruction. Investments. 
  • Paid Family and Medical Leave.
  • ACA expansion extension and filling the Medicaid Coverage Gap. 
  • Expanding Medicare to include dental, vision, hearing benefits and lowering the eligibility age.
  • Addressing health care provider shortages (Graduate Medical Education).
  • Child Tax Credit/EITC/CDCTC extension.
  • Long-term care for seniors and persons with disabilities (HCBS). 
  • Clean energy, manufacturing, and transportation tax incentives.
  • Pro-worker incentives and worker support.
  • Health equity (maternal, behavioral, and racial justice health investments). 
  • Housing incentives.
  • SALT cap relief.
  • Other investments within the jurisdiction of the Finance Committee Offsets. 
  • Corporate and international tax reform.
  • Tax fairness for high-income individuals. 
  • IRS tax enforcement.
  • Health care savings.
  • Carbon Polluter Import Fee Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions The HELP Committee receives an instruction of $726 billion. 
  • Universal Pre-K for 3 and 4-year olds. 
  • Child care for working families. 
  • Tuition-free community college.
  • Investments in HBCUs, MSIs, HSIs, TCUs, and ANNHIs.
  • Increase the maximum Pell grant award.
  • School infrastructure, student success grants, and educator investments.
  • Investments in primary care, including Community Health Centers, the National Health Service Corps, the Nurse Corps, and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education.
  • Health equity (maternal, behavioral, and racial equity health investments).
  • Pandemic preparedness.
  • Workforce development and job training August 9, 2021. 
  • Labor enforcement and penalties.
  • Civilian Climate Corps funding.
  • Research infrastructure, including for HBCUs, MSIs, HSIs, TCUs, and ANNHIs Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs The HSGAC Committee receives an instruction of $37 billion.
  • Electrifying the federal vehicle fleet (USPS and Non-USPS).
  • Electrifying and rehabilitating federal buildings.
  • Improving our cybersecurity infrastructure.
  • Border management investments. 
  • Federal investments in green materials procurement.
  • Resilience Committee on the Judiciary The Judiciary Committee receives an instruction of $107 billion. 
  • Lawful permanent status for qualified immigrants.
  • Investments in smart and effective border security measures.
  • Community Violence Intervention Initiative Committee on Indian Affairs The Indian Affairs Committee receives an instruction of $20.5 billion. 
  • Native health programs and facilities.
  • Native education programs and facilities. 
  • Native American housing programs.
  • Native energy programs.
  • Native resilience and climate programs. 
  • BIA programs and facilities.
  • Native language programs.
  • Native Civilian Climate Corps Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship The Small Business Committee receives an instruction of $25 billion. 
  • Small business access to credit, investment, and markets Committee on Veterans Affairs The Veterans Affairs Committee receives an instruction of $18 billion.
  • Upgrades to VA facilities August 9, 2021 5 II. BACKGROUND – FINANCE COMMITTEE INSTRUCTION The FY 2022 budget resolution will provide the Finance Committee with an instruction that allows for $1.8 trillion in investments for working families, the elderly and the environment.
  • A historic tax cut for Americans making less than $400,000 a year.
  • Ensuring that the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share of taxes. 
  • Hundreds of billions in additional savings by lowering the price of prescription drugs. 

 

NOTE:  In addition, the agreement would prohibit new taxes on families making less than $400,000 per year, and on small businesses and family farms.

 

In order to give the Senate Finance Committee the flexibility it needs to accomplish these goals, the text of the Budget Resolution will provide the Finance Committee with an instruction to reduce the deficit by a nominal amount of $1 billion over ten years. There is ample precedent over the past fifteen years for using a nominal reconciliation instruction as a mechanism to allow a committee to bring forth legislation with larger budgetary implications than such an instruction suggests. Republicans used a nominal instruction amount to both the Finance and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensi

 

SOURCE:  https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/MEMORANDUM%20for%20Democratic%20Senators%20-%20FY2022%20Budget%20Resolution.pdf

 

 

Posted August 24, 2021
Updated August 24, 2021

Expected Slide For The USA Into An Authoritarian Form Of Government

Expected Slide For The USA Into An Authoritarian Form Of Government

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What are the United States of America corruption scores?  We first go to Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption, web site.  This organization has found measurements that are applied to most all countries on Earth and then given each a corruption score after their examination is completed.  They have defined corruption to be the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.

The higher score number, the apparent less corruption that that country practices.  Please see their continuum scale shown below.  

Scale shows degree of corruption

Note that each country scores are not perfect because patterns of corruption are almost always hidden from the public.   Note that a score of 100 is perfect and no country has this score.  In 2020 two countries had the best scores.  The two top countries measured are New Zealand with a score of 88 in the year 2020 and Denmark also had the top score of 88 in the year 2020.

In comparison, the United States had a score of 67, in the year 2020, the most recent measurement.  Canada has a score of 77 in 2020, way less corrupt than the United States. 

Each year this organization calculates a single score for each country.  The numbers for each country typically rise or fall depending upon what Transparency International finds each country practices in that measured year.  Sometimes the score does not change.  This organization is looking for any method of corruption practiced by any portion of the county they are examining.  The corruption can be political, banking, legal system, education, social practices, etc.  Corruption, unfortunately comes in many forms and because people trying to use this scheme try to hide it as best as they can.  Thus, the corruption scores are not perfect for a number of reasons.  Some countries, typically authoritarian, try to hide much if not all of their operations.  Transparency International tries best to look deep into each countries operations.

Transparency International puts up a wonderful colored map to show us which countries are doing poorly or very good with staving off corruption.

Corruption Perception Index Map

 

 

https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/

Looking at the map a rather shocking realization appears.  The lighter colored countries have less corruption and they are mainly located in Europe, USA, Canada and Australia.  So much of the map is dark red colors revealing that much of the countries have a significant corruption problem due to a variety of factors, namely ignorance, selfishness, and religion as well as other factors.  Transparency International puts up individual stories into their web site, for each year, explaining individual significant instances of corruption that they have found.

Looking at the map one can quickly draw some rather quick observations or opinions:

  • Democracies seem to have less corruption.
  • Highly regimen religions like Catholicism, Islam etc seem be prone to more corruption when viewing the map.

Looking beyond the colors on the map you can examine further why there are color differences by reading some research:  Following are some examples for the color differences:

Let us next look at the United States scores for past year corruption figures to see if there is any revealing pattern.

  • (Note: Transparency International changed their score method in 2011 and prior. years.)
  • 2012 = 73 score. Obama: January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
  • 2013 = 73 score. Obama: January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
  • 2014 = 74 score. Obama: January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
  • 2015 = 76 score. Obama: January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
  • 2016 = 74 score  Obama: January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
  • 2017 = 75 score. Trump: January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
  • 2018 = 71 score. Trump: January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
  • 2019 = 69 score. Trump: January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
  • 2020 = 67 score. Trump: January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
  • 2021 = Not yet recorded.

Looking at the United States scores shown above, note the lower scores for the GOP president as compared to the Democrat.   Unites States most recent score of 67 is quite a drop from 2017.  Why?    

US$1 trillion in suspicious funds was laundered through US banks, exposing significant gaps in US anti-money laundering rules.

Companies paid a record-setting US$2.9 billion to resolve charges that they bribed foreign officials. 

The United States of America, expected corruption scores for the future years should go to a much lower number because the Republican Party is cheating to win the next elections and the expected result into a dictatorship form of government for the United States.

“The Brennan Center for Justice reports that “between January 1 and May 14, 2021, at least 14 states enacted 22 new laws that restrict access to the vote” and “at least 61 bills with restrictive provisions are moving through 18 state legislatures.” Those bills are designed not to avert nonexistent voter fraud but to avert another election defeat for Republicans — and they are drawing perilously close to that goal.”

 

 

 

 

Posted: August 19, 2021
Updated: August 20, 21, 2021