Renob, you must have been asleep from 1980-88, one of the most corrupt periods is US government history. 138 people from Reagan’s administration were convicted, indicted, or investigated for fraud, corruption, influence peddling, etc. You never heard of Wedtech?
http://www.geocities.com/dude7891/criminal.html
“Three great scandals stained the Reagan record, and they all involved the age-old form of corruption formed by the connection between money and politics. What distinguished them in the Reagan years was the number of buyers and sellers involved, and the amount of money there was to be made. The sheer volume of both had multiplied beyond any previous measure. Nothing better illustrated the problem than a case that connected some of Reagan’s closest associates, a score of top government officials in several departments and agencies, and the kind of political corruption that extended byack to the Washington of Grant and Harding: influence peddling, government contracts, cash, bribes, kickbacks, fraud and conspiracy. Before it was ended, it had dragged Atty Gen. Meese, advisor Lyn Nofziger, and many others into the net; led to indictments, trials, and convictions; and besmirched the reputation of the Reagan administration. It became known, popularly, as the Wedtech case.”
That was the Reagan years. What makes you think it is any different now? Your naivete is disturbing.
Partial Reagan crook list:
http://www.investigate911.com/contracrooks.htm
While in the Reagan administration, Secretary of Interior Watt was indicted on 41 felony charges for using his HUD connections to help his clients seek federal funds for housing projects in Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Watt conceded that he had received $500,000 from clients who were
granted very favorable housing contracts after he intervened. He also was given $100,000 for a project in Puerto Rico.
Testifying before a House committee Watt said, “That’s what they offered, and it sounded like a lot of money to me, and we settled on it.”
After over ten years of investigation, Watt was sentenced to five years of probation and 500 hours of community service for withholding documents from a grand jury which investigated HUD in March 1996.
Corruption spread to the EPA. Anne Burford, who headed the superfund of the EPA, resigned after she bent environmental regulations for dozens of industrial polluters.
One of Burford’s subordinates, Rita Lavelle, headed the EPA’s toxic waste clean-up program. She was indicted and served three months in a federal penitentiary for lying to Congress.
In addition, EPA administrator, John W. Hernandez, resigned after his staff disclosed that he illegally allowed Dow Chemicals to review a report which named it a dioxin polluter.
Theodore Olson, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, was under investigation for obstructing justice in the investigation of the EPA.
EPA General Counsel Robert Perry resigned after improper participation in a settlement which involved a former employer.
John Tudhunter, assistant EPA administrator, resigned after being accused of meeting privately with chemical company lobbyists. Additionally, the Reagan administration sold and leased billions of dollars worth of coal and oil reserves, timber lands, and mineral reserves. In addition, Reagan tampered with environmental laws in his crusade to bolster corporate profits. These included the
effect which factory pollutants, originating in upper state New York, had on destroying Canadian forests, rivers, and streams.
By the time Reagan left the White House and the smoke had cleared, a laundry list of government upper management officials had surfaced. Some of them included:
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Anne Burford, Rita Lavelle, James Watt, and Michael Deaver.
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Richard Allen, National Security adviser, who resigned amid controversy over a $1,000 honorarium after arranging an interview with Nancy Reagan.
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James Beggs, chief administrator at NASA, who was indicted for
defrauding the government while an executive at General Dynamics.
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Guy Flake, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, who resigned after
allegations of a conflict of interest in contract negotiations.
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Louis Glutfrida, director of Federal Emergency Management Agency,
who resigned amid allegations of misuse of government property.
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Edwin Gray, chairman of Federal Home Loan Bank, who was charged with illegally repaying himself and his wife $26,000 in travel costs.
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Max Hugel, CIA chief of covert operations, who resigned after
allegations of fraudulent financial dealings.
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Carlos Campbell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who resigned after charges of awarding grants to his friends’ firms.
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Raymond Donovan, Secretary of Labor, who was indicted for defrauding the New York City Transit Authority of $7.4 million.
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John Fedders, chief of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange
Commission, who resigned after charges of wife-beating.
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Arthur Hayes, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, who
resigned after being under investigation for illegal travel reimbursements.
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J. Lynn Helms, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, who
resigned after a grand jury investigated illegal business activities.
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Marjory Mecklenburg, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources, resigned after allegations of irregularities on her travel vouchers.
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Edwin Meese, Attorney General, was under investigation by a special prosecutor for his role in helping Wedtech Corporation.
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Robert Nimmo, head of Veterans Administration, who resigned when a report criticized him for improper use of government funds.
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Lyn Nofziger, White House aide, who was under investigation for his role in helping Wedtech Corporation.
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J. William Petro, a United States attorney, who was fired and fined
for tipping off an acquaintance about a forthcoming grand jury indictment.
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Thomas C. Reed, White House counselor and National Security Council
adviser, who resigned and paid a $427,000 fine for stock market insider trade information.
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Emanuel Savas, Assistant Secretary of HUD, who resigned after he had assigned staff members to work on a book he was writing.
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Peter Voss, Postal Service governor, who pleaded guilty to charges
of expense account fraud and to accepting kickbacks.
And these are just the ones who were caught. Some of these people, like Ted Olson, are still in the government.