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I totally recognize and I'm soooo not surprised bribing happens. I know it happens. I look to my left and I notice someone lying. I look to the right and I hear a group of teenage guys planning out how to seduce some girls for sex.
Bad things happen I get that but... people don't control others. Its almost like you think if you stop those government officials from corrupting the lower officials that that will solve the problem? I mean for starters... people don't "corrupt" others although sure they have some blame in it but if those lower officials chose to live corruptly because they have been "corrupted" then its ALSO clearly their own fault. The lower officials we're corrupt already before they we're bribed or "corrupted". The lower officials had low moral standards.. had evil standards. There will always be more of them unless... our United States has a complete change in culture.
We live in a culture where you can ask people around on their opinion on whether if lying is okay and the answer they give is based off moral relativism.... meaning that hey its okay lie sometimes... These are the grounds where our climb up the ladder into becoming our leaders. This is why bribing happens because we ourselves have chosen this.
Ask me about lying and I may tell you that I'd rather die than tell a lie. Put me in office and I won't be able to be bribed. I don't care about money and no amount... even if the world we're to be offered to me. Why? Because I know what is right according to my God.
That's how the problem stops... not by stopping government officials (ALTHOUGH I don't oppose it, LETS get those guys out of office and put them in jail as they deserve) but by having people with such social values in office. By the U.S. culturally accepting God back in.
1. Thoughts/beliefs/social values --- > 2. Action --- > 3. Corrupt government officials
Your working from #2 and/or #3
I'm looking at this at #1... at the root. We need our culture to turn back to God. That's how we'll solve ALL problems. I think your looking at this in skin deep, superficial way. Your ideas are short, very short-term "solutions." Again, I don't mind giving corrupt officials what they deserve but that's not the solution. The solution is a life change and transformation of our people via God/Jesus.
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