by Andrew Weeraratne

Created on: December 03, 2009

Transparency International,

a civic organization based in Europe composes an index each year called Least Corrupt Country Index. They score 180 countries in the world based on the propensity of the system to avoid corruption. The highest scoring countries are called the Least Corrupt Countries and hold the top places in the list and the least scoring countries are called the Most Corrupt Countries in the world. In 2009, the USA holds the 20th position in this list. This is an abysmal position to be held. It is at the bottom of the rest of the developed world's standing; a position set at the borderline of developed world and the Third World where there is abject poverty strictly due to their corruption.

American people, who are some of the greatest people in this world, should not let their country rank so low among the civilized nations. Especially when you look at it, this reputation as a corrupt nation to the USA comes only because of a handful in the nation. This handful of corrupt people who control the world of finance, media and the government (through lobbyists) are who warrant this reputation. So even if 90% of the people in the USA are honest, this 10%, because they are powerful, create a society so corrupt to deserve this reputation.

Taking a look at the US healthcare system should give us one good reason why Transparency International ranks the USA so low in the list.

The welfare provided to the insurance companies in the form of indirect taxes to the US taxpayers hidden in the form of health insurance premiums must be the largest such largess provided to any handful of people in the history of mankind. Let me explain the logic behind this artful maneuver.

When you look at it analytically you could see that the USA has the craftiest socialized healthcare system. This is why a huge portion of the GDP (about 17%, which is way bigger than in any other nation) goes to healthcare. However, just like the few other expensive welfare deals in the USA, welfare in the form of healthcare is provided also only to the most powerful and the wealthiest people in the country. The people who concoct such inequality must think that most common people are pretty ignorant in the country. However, a careful look at the history of the world should give them pause. This sort of unfairness could not last long in any society unless it becomes a dictatorship or those who device such crafty ways only to help a handful, find a way to brainwash the population so diligently

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