Is there more corruption found in the government sector vs private sector by design?

Question

Are there more avenues of investigation found in the government sector - Federal, State, County, City in comparison to those found in the private sector?

I believe that corruption lies within individuals, therefore in my opinion the same amount of corruption should exist at the government level as it is in the private sector, the large difference being in how corruption can be investigated - the government sector requires certain avenues of investigation while the private sector does not have the same scrutiny...is there truth to that or is there relative parity?

The reason I bring this up is because I feel liberals tend to scrutinize the private sector moreso than the government sector while conservatives tend to scrutinize the government sector moreso than the private sector.

So should both areas - private and government be scrutinized equally with the same standards or should they not as these sectors serve different roles?

I lean liberally and fear that if government is to be reduced and more left up to the private sector that the scrutiny behind private sector entities isn't on par with the scrutiny of the government entities.

I tend to think that conservatives believe that if government's role is reduced that the private sector will be any less corrupt in providing for the public needs if given that role. That somehow the "free market" resolves any need for scrutiny.

Answer 1

In business you have to buy everything you get.



In government.... if you can convince enough powerful people with a Congressional vote.... you can get SOMEONE ELSE to pay for what your business gets.



That's the difference..... and that is why politics are FAR FAR more corrupt than ordinary business practices.



Yes, people embezzle money and commit financial crime....... but EVERY SINGLE LOBBYIST in Washington INTENDS TO CORRUPT.... that is just their job description (i.e. Take some money from industry in order to get a benefit FOR THAT INDUSTRY that vastly exceeds the amount paid to the lobbyist).



If that was NOT how things worked.... the "lobbying industry" would have died out long ago.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, I believe there is quite a bit of fraud in both segments. However, I believe there is much more waste ( or fraud ) in the government sector because we are talking about massive amounts of money and, A Big One, people are spending other people's money and simply don't have a personal involvement as to whether or not the money is being spent efficiently. In private industry, esp in smaller operations, budgets are much tighter and there is much more incentive to get it right. Many times, actual jobs depend on the outcome of expenditures.

So which is better. Democrats are for bigger and bigger government and the associated spending. Republicans are for smaller government with more accountability on States and Business. It just seems to me, the more you drive down financial accountability to the actual user the better money will be managed.

All we have to do is look at the results of Federal Spending. How many government agencies have spent our tax dollars for lavish trips and conventions? How many $26 dollar hammers have been purchased. Just today I read of the Navy buying "Green Fuel" for one of their hips in which they spent $26 per gallon vs the going petroleum rate of $3.60! Would a company or state do that? During our nations worst ( at least one of the worst ) financial periods the government continued to add thousands of employees. Would a state or small business do that? Again, we need to get more of our national revenues closer to the end user. Not in D.C.

Answer 3

government might desire to pass returned to only doing protection and infrastructure. different than that, the non-public sector is often greater suitable and greater useful. And the non-public sector might by no skill fund a transvestite attractiveness opposition disguised as an AIDS understanding rally, like the federal government did. those sickos might have had to pay for it themselves. gravity...ARE YOU NUTS? Communist Russia had each and every thing government controlled. What are you approximately 12?

Answer 4

The corruption in the government is financed by the private sector.

Answer 5

You probably haven't heard of the Libor scandal yet.

Answer 6

it is no coincidence that most of the Congressmen are millionaires after the become congressmen.