We’re number one
Tennessee: Most corrupt state.
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May 13th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Either that, or our corrupt public figures are just dumber and get caught more often.
May 13th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Well, we do have to have the FBI come and clean out our legislature for us every twenty years or so.
May 13th, 2010 at 9:25 am
No way we’re more corrupt than Louisiana. They musta paid somebody off….
May 13th, 2010 at 9:34 am
In a world with Illinois and Louisiana, that’s going some.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Bah. This is just a list of where politicians are so rookie with their corruption that they actually get caught and prosecuted. In NY, MA, and NJ corruption isn’t really illegal, just sorta frowned upon.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:07 am
… well, sure, but only because DC’s public corruption and incompetence means the other stuff never gets prosecuted here.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:26 am
I’m confused…
#1 Tennessee has 50 Total Convictions
#42 Alaska has 169 Total Convictions
#51 New Hampshire has 196 total Convictions
I think Tennessee is the LEAST corrupt state!
May 13th, 2010 at 10:42 am
I also think the list is backwards. Tennessee is the LEAST corrupt state. There’s no way in hell that Illinois is the 47th least corrupt state.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:48 am
I doubt it. Look at the source.
Stranger
May 13th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Remember to have a conviction you need an investigation and an AUSA who will prosecute. Or for local corruption a DA who will authorize the investigation. In more advance locales, the corruption is so thorough that going by convictions will give the impression of lawfulness.
This is a bit like going into a restaurant, seeing all the staff scrubbing the place down and thinking that the place must be filthy but going down the street, seeing the staff sitting around and assuming that means the kitchen is sparkling clean.
May 13th, 2010 at 11:40 am
the numbers cited aren’t for convictions – it’s the ranking nationally of each state for each of the criteria, so the lower the number, the greater the ‘corruption’, according to the study.
May 13th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
No you don’t. You simply have the optimum combination of corrupt and stupid.
May 13th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
The Daily Beast is smoking crack with that list. Utah is #33 and Illinois is #47? Illinois is less corrupt than Utah? Illi-friggin’-nois, which has sent 7 governors to jail? Home of Chicago? Really? I didn’t even think we had an ACORN office here.
May 14th, 2010 at 10:40 am
They seem to be basing the corruption levels on the square mileage of the states. If tennessee was alaska’s size maintaining its current level of corruption then the number would be 750.
May 14th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Or a simpler reference is corruption per square mile.
May 14th, 2010 at 10:44 am
The ratio of corruption in alaska to square mileage is 1 to 4043. The corruption in tennessee is 1 to 843. See the difference now.