Courtesy of Pam Martens
Lesley Stahl of the CBS Investigative News Program, 60 Minutes, Interviews Jamie Dimon on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Stahl Fails to Ask About the Criminal Charges Against the Bank.
Yesterday, Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of government corruption, using 13 expert assessments and surveys of business executives. The most corrupt countries rank lower on the scale while a score of 100 represents the least corrupt. This year the United States ranked below Uruguay on the corruption gauge. The report found this about the U.S.:
“With a score of 69, the United States drops two points since last year to earn its lowest score on the CPI in eight years. This comes at a time when Americans’ trust in government is at an historic low of 17 percent according to the Pew Research Center.”
The least corrupt nations are Denmark, New Zealand and Finland. Patricia Moreira, Managing Director of Transparency International, said this about the report’s findings:
“The lack of real progress against corruption in most countries is disappointing and has profound negative effects on citizens around the world. To have any chance of ending corruption and improving peoples’ lives, we must tackle the relationship between politics and big money. All citizens must be represented in decision making.”
As if on cue, two other news items made headlines yesterday involving two century-old banks in the U.S. and reflects just how unevenly the U.S. government metes out “justice” based on political power.
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