Top 10 Reasons Why the American Government is Corrupt

The Top Ten
1 Money in politics

There are tons of career politicians that become rich from politics. It almost seems like they are not committed to Public Service.

Many of these reasons are valid but this is reason #1 out of all of them. Plus they want power, and money buys power.

2 The existence of the deep state

There is definitely a deep state. It was exposed by Trump and it is continuing to become exposed by moderate Democrats and Republicans.

I feel like so many politicians are only in it for themselves, not for the people.

3 Fake news media that does not hold politicians accountable

Definitely. The prime example being Andrew Cuomo.

4 The two-party system

While every other item on this list has validity, you cannot possibly want to follow the chaotic European model where several parties vie for votes, resulting in the majority party having been elected by a mere fraction of the electorate.

I think we should have a no party system, but that's just me.

5 Most politicians run so they can use their office for personal gain

Literally every single governor or senator or other politician (yes I'll include Ted Cruz) who took vacations or dined in places when other people couldn't do this.

Definitely. I believe there are a few that run for the Public Service.

6 Lack of moral values amongst leaders

Definitely. A lot of them have no sense of morals.

7 Honest people feel scared to run for office due to the mentality surrounding politics

Yeah. I still believe there are a few honest politicians.

8 Some of the greediest people in general chose to become politicians

Yeah definitely. People in it for the money should not.

*cough* cough* Donald Trump *cough* *cough

9 Reputation with donors is more important than reputation with voters

Yeah, that's a serious problems with the Legislative Branch. You are supposed to vote based on your constituents feelings. Some do not.

10 Pandering to religious groups is more important than actual morals

Yeah I got to disagree with this one. It should be minority groups not religious.

The Contenders
11 Gerrymandering
12 They make our education as crappy as possible
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