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Even if there's a catastrophe in their neighborhood they can't be bothered to send some money their way. After that last tornado in Missouri a local mega church didn't donate a dime, meanwhile a local casino donated a large sum of money to the victims.
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If you ever briefly wondered if pugs could breathe okay when they have flattened noses - they cant.
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I didn’t scroll all the way through to see if someone has mentioned this yet.
According to the UNODC, corruption leads to economic loss and inefficiency. Based on the findings of a 2016 report from the IMF, bribery alone costs the global economy between $1.5 and $2 trillion, or around 2% of global GDP, each year.
However, to repeat ourselves, this is just the effect of bribery and doesn’t take into account other forms of corruption, such as fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, etc.
Broadly speaking, corruption and nepotism lead to worse competition as more qualified companies and candidates get turned down.
“The more widespread such practices are, the more inefficient the economy becomes,” the UNODC stresses. In developing countries, this can lead to underdevelopment.
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Furthermore, corruption leads to the redistribution of wealth to the least needy. In other words, corrupt systems benefit the elite more and harm the poor, leading to further inequality. Moreover, social programs also suffer.
“While the victims of corruption suffer personal loss, intimidation and inconvenience, those who perpetrate corrupt acts and schemes tend to experience personal gain, a sense of superiority and greater convenience - pending enforcement of the law, that is,” the UNODC explains.
Individual acts of corruption create a system of dysfunctionality. Honest, transparent, hardworking, and skilled individuals lose out. Companies offer worse services and products. And industries focus on enriching government officials instead of focusing on efficiency and innovation.
The knock-on effect for workers and managers is demoralization, as people “begin to doubt the value of hard work and innovation.”
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If corruption is widespread and not punished, individuals begin losing trust in their social systems, public institutions, and leaders.
The result is public frustration, cynicism, and less political participation, harming society.
What do you think, dear Pandas? In your personal experience, what are some of the most corrupt lines of business? What forms of corruption have you encountered at work, school, in business, or in politics? How do you push back against corruption and nepotism when you see it? If you feel like sharing your thoughts, feel free to do so at the very bottom of this post.
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They need to pass a very competitive exam to even be considered for the job. They need to pay bribes to the police recruitment board to get into the force after passing the exam. They need to pay bribes to the placement board after training and compulsory rural service to get a posting to an area of their choice. They need to keep ministers, politicians, local gangs protected to keep earning extra money.
After this, they expect you to pay at least a 100 bucks for every time they stop you in traffic. They are arrogant AF. They have to work 12 hrs a day, and will take out their frustration on any common man who tries to get help from them. They will normally list stolen mobiles as lost, so that they do not have to investigate, and the crime stats remain in check. They normally, but reluctantly help anyone who is well connected, or can pay them something extra to do their job. They do not care about the common man, and believe that the laws exist only so that they can extort more money from the tax paying citizens. Their motto is to wring the last buck out of the common man, terrorize the population, help only the rich and powerful, while not paying heed to the citizen's call for help.
They are the Indian Police. I believe most of the above rant will apply to many other country's / state's police.
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Recently a sweet lady I knew passed away and her family was forced to go in and remove her stuff THE DAY SHE PASSED because this horrible place were now charging them BY THE DAY.
Edit: I'm not the only person in my family who's worked in a nursing home. My grandmother is currently a housekeeper in another facility, while one of my aunts and one of my mom's cousins worked as a nurse in another, and my boyfriend's mother worked in another one. All of our experiences had been in bad ones, so congrats to you for somehow managing to find a 'good' one and saying that not all of them are like that.
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Besides the low pay and zero respect there is also the health insurance scams.
I had an agency charge me $8,000 per year automatically for a health insurance package that only covered $5,000 AFTER my initial up front costs of $5,000.
In short I had to pay $13,000 just to get $5,000 worth of coverage.
Which was of course denied claiming a pre-existing condition.
Being hit by a car is, "pre-existing," apparently.
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Like Leona Helmsley (the female Donald Trump) once said: "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.".