http://theweek.com/article/index/240019/lying-cheating-stealing-how-corrupt-is-america Corruption is as American as apple pie, or so it would seem. A casual survey of the political and corporate landscape in recent weeks alone provides a troubling reminder that corruption is endemic to our way of life: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) the new chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is facing a Senate ethics probe for accepting two free trips to a Dominican Republic resort on the private plane of a Florida doctor suspected of Medicare fraud. Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was released from federal prison in January after serving more than five years for corruption, while another former governor, Rod Blagojevich, has 14 more years to go on his conviction for demanding cash in exchange for an appointment to President Obama's former Senate seat. Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is a target of a federal investigation into campaign-finance corruption, while former Michigan Supreme Court justice Diane Hathaway pleaded guilty to bank fraud for concealing assets in a real estate transaction Meanwhile, the Justice Department accused Standard & Poor's Ratings Services of intentionally inflating its ratings of dubious bond issues in 2007 that later imploded and cost investors $5 billion. And mega-bank JPMorgan Chase was accused in federal court in Manhattan of having duped investors by selling them troubled home loans bundled into complex securities that later went bust. http://the-crown-management.tumblr.com/

1. Crown Capital International Relations
Lying, cheating, stealing: How
corrupt is America?

2. Crown Capital International Relations -
Lying, cheating, stealing: How corrupt is
America?
Corruption is as American as apple pie, or
so it would seem. A casual survey of the
political and corporate landscape in recent
weeks alone provides a troubling reminder
that corruption is endemic to our way of
life:

3. Crown Capital International Relations -
Lying, cheating, stealing: How corrupt is
America?
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) the new chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is facing a
Senate ethics probe for accepting two free trips to a
Dominican Republic resort on the private plane of a
Florida doctor suspected of Medicare fraud. Former
Illinois Gov. George Ryan was released from federal
prison in January after serving more than five years for
corruption, while another former governor, Rod
Blagojevich, has 14 more years to go on his conviction
for demanding cash in exchange for an appointment to
President Obama's former Senate seat.

4. Crown Capital International Relations -
Lying, cheating, stealing: How corrupt is
America?
Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is a
target of a federal investigation into
campaign-finance corruption, while former
Michigan Supreme Court justice Diane
Hathaway pleaded guilty to bank fraud for
concealing assets in a real estate
transaction.

5. Crown Capital International Relations -
Lying, cheating, stealing: How corrupt is
America?
Meanwhile, the Justice Department
accused Standard & Poor's Ratings
Services of intentionally inflating its ratings
of dubious bond issues in 2007 that later
imploded and cost investors $5 billion. And
mega-bank JPMorgan Chase was accused
in federal court in Manhattan of having
duped investors by selling them troubled
home loans bundled into complex securities
that later went bust.

6. Crown Capital International Relations -
Lying, cheating, stealing: How corrupt is
America?
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Lying, cheating, stealing: How corrupt is
America?