Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Really, if you tally the wealth extracted from the economy by taxes and monetary expansion, follow its path through defense spending and astronomical bank subsidies, and see whose pockets much of it ultimately ends up in, you can't claim Washington isn't corrupt. It's just a professionalized corruption, baked carefully and discreetly into the system. The sums involved dwarf anything that's happening in Dhaka or Moscow.


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: