What is going on everyone? Let's do another list on corruption my last video
was about the most corrupt cities in the United States and today we'll be looking
at the most corrupt state now there are many ways to judge how corrupt a place
is we're going to go by the most convictions per capita some states have
struggled with the same issues of embezzlement extortion bribery for
decades and have done zero to change which explains why Americans are
extremely cynical about our elected officials most politicians are looked at
like a used-car salesman you know the guy I'm talking about the guy who's
doing business out of a trailer in a poorly fitted suit and has a stack of
papers from injury lawyers on his desk yeah that guy every two to four years
half of America thinks they picked a winner a decent human being that will
work to make their life better and half of America can't believe the other half
chose this idiot and believed all his BS about half way through most elected
official terms about 75% of the country has decided they need to get rid of him
and most of the time it's because either they're not doing their job properly or
there's reports or convictions of corruption it's in every city every
state every country matter of fact and it's every political party
nobody is squeaky clean and these are those states number 10 Florida the
frequency and acceptance of Florida's corruption is evident in the numbers
from 2000 to 2009 it led the nation in the number of federally convicted public
officials with more than 800 things haven't improved much over the years in
the Sunshine State just last August a suspended City Commissioner in
Tallahassee once ran the Florida Democratic Party pled guilty to
corruption charges admitting he accepted money from uber and an undercover FBI
agent you know the uber wasn't the one that sprung the trap on him I'm thinking
it was the FBI agent money anyway he took money in exchange for his influence
Tallahassee Commissioner Scott Maddox and his longtime associates page Carter
Smith agreed to plead guilty to three charges wire fraud mail fraud and
conspiracy to commit tax fraud they originally charged with more than 40
counts each as part of the FBI investigation into corruption at City
Hall in Tallahassee yeah I don't think I'd be rolling the dice
with 40 counts either from 1976 to 2018 Florida
had 2189 corruption convictions with almost 22 million residents that gives
them a conviction rate of one point zero seven number nine Georgia Georgia is in
the middle of a cleaning house of sorts over the last six or seven years they've
seen an increase in corruption investigations
they've been cracking down after years of sweeping things under the rug the
Peach State has been so bad over the years I think they may need to crack
down even harder I think an old-school Soviet Union style crackdown complete
with re-education camps for politicians big screens flashing tax dollars are not
your dollars they've made progress the Center for Public Integrity had them at
the number one spot back in 2012 so now they're number nine not bad recently a
couple Georgia politicians have come under fire for corrupt practices senator
and gubernatorial candidate have pled guilty to insurance fraud false
reporting of a crime and making false statements to police in another incident
a federal grand jury charged insurance commissioner jim beck with fraud
prompting governor kemp to rightly call for his resignation these are just a
couple of examples of the type of things that are going on in Georgia government
from 1976 to 2018 they've had eleven hundred and forty five convictions in a
state of around ten million people that's conviction rate of about one
point zero nine number eight New Jersey New Jersey's had some problems with
corruption over the years and I know all across the internet people just sighed
and said no kidding when a New Jersey politician says there's no corruption
you treat it like a magician that says it's real magic the only ones that
believe it are children idiots and people that are in on it New Jersey
governors wield more power than most if not all of their counterparts across the
nation and perhaps no one has used it more masterfully than former governor
chris Christie we went over all this in the last video with Newark being an
all-star in the world of corruption so we won't get into all his scandals but
most of them sent around his people magically chris Christie came out clean
as a whistle like a well-fed wizard it's really strange from 1976 to 2018 they
had eleven hundred and thirty nine convictions in a state of about nine
million the conviction rate is one point two four number seven Ohio
ohayo hasn't had much to be happy about in a very long time aside for the
Buckeyes maybe the Browns in the bangles ain't doing it for him it's former
governor Robert Taft was convicted in 2005 for ethics violations for his
involvement in coin gait an investment scandal centered on Republican Party
fundraiser and coin dealer Tom know who pocketed 13 million dollars from a bond
for the Bureau of workers compensation dick move Tom as he was taking office in
2011 Governor John Kasich tried to keep the public from seeing the resumes of
those who applied for jobs in his administration he didn't want any
information out about that he didn't want their names out until they were
already confirmed or approved he didn't want to conduct his swearing-in in
public any only caved when newspapers protested he also tried to hide his
official calendar from the people and he remained governor until 2019 now the
thing is those really aren't illegal and they're not really part of corruption
but what they are part of is the Center for Public Integrity they kind of rank
places cities governments on their integrity yeah it's in the word since
his administration wasn't very transparent he got a big fat F along
with all the other things going on I mean right now the FBI along with a
whole bunch of attorneys have a major case going on in Dayton as we speak
involves a mayor from the area anyway Ohio has almost 12 million residents and
since 1976 they've had sixteen hundred and three corruption convictions giving
them a rate of about one point three three number six Virginia before I did
this list I didn't know much about Virginia politics so I did some reading
I'm sort of sorry I did do these people ever get away with anything is the first
question I asked and I thought ever do they get away with anything ever was the
second question I asked Virginia long claimed that it had been an ethical
political culture based on their gentlemanly behavior yeah yeah no vets
prove otherwise in 2014 former Governor Bob McDonnell was convicted on federal
corruption charges as you can imagine the whole delusional genuinely
reputation thing was out the window about the same time the governor called
a criminal defense attorney and a bail bondsman the same day evidence presented
in court showed that McDonald and his family accepted 177 thousand dollars in
gifts and loans from one person Johnny Williams the then CEO of a tobacco
turned health supplement company how does that work you're in an industry
that's killing people one week and then trying to save them the next week
doesn't make sense I know it happened over longer period
than one week stop typing anyway loans gifts and $20,000 rounds of golf's
really weren't okay in Virginia at the time still aren't either was the New
York shopping spree the governor's wife had or the Rolex that the governor got
all this was barred under state law at least everything after the first $250
that was okay you didn't have you could take that but everything else was kind
of frowned upon so Virginia has eight and a half million residents they've had
almost 1200 convictions giving Virginia a 1.38 conviction rate way to go
Virginia number five Pennsylvania in Philadelphia's District Attorney going
to the big house doesn't get your motor running for some corruption talk you can
check out Pennsylvania's record on judicial accountability they ring 48 out
of 50 an electoral oversight they ranked 47th out of 50 by the center of Public
Integrity two weeks into his federal trial in 2017 District Attorney Seth
Williams pleaded guilty to a single count of accepting a bribe from a
businessman US District Attorney Paul diamond said that he was not inclined to
trust Williams would show up or his sentencing so he got no bail he was let
out of the courtroom in handcuffs that's gotta suck going past all the people
you've been working with for the longest time Oh brutal most of Pennsylvania's
shenanigans go down in Philly I mean it's just about where this country got
rolling politically and it was our capital for some time so a lot of
politics been going on there they've had a lot of years to perfect corruption
with almost 13 million residents 1828 convictions Pennsylvania comes in fifth
with a 1.41 conviction rate way to go Pennsylvania still love the state number
for New York this was a big one in my last video at least New York City was
and really that's where most of the corruption happens in New York not a
year goes by that they don't have some sort of major corruption investigation
going on and this goes back many many years like early 1800s the least when
they start recording them I'm sure it was going on since the first day anyone
showed up here in recent years Democrat Sheldon Silver was charged with
exploiting his position by accepting millions in bribes and kickbacks then
less than four months later it was the state Senate Leader Republican Dean
Skelos turned federal prosecutors charged him with bribery extortion and
fraud connected to his role in two companies and a no-show job he's a
for his son basically they gave him a job gave him money and his son never
showed up for work continued to work there I guess or not work there I don't
know how that works out wish my dad could give me a job like that when I was
young Skelos who I'm hoping I'm pronouncing his name right was the fifth
straight Senate leader to be charged with corruption two months after that
the Senate second ranking Republican Thomas Lee Bose was convicted of lying
to the FBI about a scheme that he used to get his son a job getting people jobs
in New York getting people arrested yeah I'm sorry if I pronounced both those
names wrong anyway moving on since 1976 they've had 3,000 convictions giving
them a 1.4 for conviction rate number three Tennessee the often
forgotten that it exists state of Tennessee has had some shady happenings
around the state capitol of Nashville the Volunteer State experienced a major
scandal in 2005 known as operation Tennessee waltz seven lawmakers were
arrested on bribery charges all of whom were already suspected of corruption now
this was led by state senator John Ford who took a $55,000 bribe he agreed to
create some laws to help a phony company named decycle here's the bad news for
the corrupt politicians it was really federal agents running this imaginary
company Tennessee adopted what was thought to be sweeping ethics reform
after the lawmakers were arrested 13 years after the scandal rocked the
legislature there are questions about whether the lawmakers have neutered the
reform and created loopholes as white as my cousin's ex-wife's yoga pants
political observers say there's far too many ways to get around the state's
campaign finance regulations in a state of 7 million they have had 1,100
convictions giving them a 1.5 conviction rate number two Illinois like New York
most of Illinois corruption comes from its biggest city in this case at Chicago
not New York in case you didn't know the difference you don't own a map or
something like that anyway as I said in the city corruption video four of the
seven Illinois governors elected between 1960 through 2006 went on to serve time
in prison so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Illinois has a bit of a
corruption reputation former governor Rod Blagojevich
infamously tried to sell President Obama's vacant Senate seat and went on
to further embarrass the state of Illinois by relishing in the resulting
limelight most notably by appearing on season nine
Celebrity Apprentice he also did the daily show David Letterman and the show
that takes people whose career have seen the final curtain but they still crave
attention and welcomes them with open arms he was on I'm a celebrity get me
out of here in Costa Rica in a state of 12 million
residents they've had over 2,100 convictions bringing their corruption
conviction rate to one point six five and number one Louisiana some Louisiana
residents might consider it a victory not to have a new political scandal
every single year sadly they haven't had that feeling of a victory close to 60
years for years the Bayou state has been known as one of America's most corrupt
States these people take it to new level Louisiana doesn't even try and hide
their dirty laundry it would appear to the casual observer
you would think new incoming elected officials would say to themselves you
know the FBI views this state as low-hanging fruit to boost their
conviction rate maybe we should get on the straight and narrow for bit they
never do access to information and judicial
accountability remain the worst in the country Louisiana with five days left
remaining in Louisiana's legislative session the state Senate approved a deal
which made it kind of okay to hide all the public records from the public you
know the people paying their salaries that actually elected them they passed a
thing where they could hide a bunch of stuff from people that didn't go well
still in the courts from my understanding with 4.6 million residents
they've had twelve hundred and fifty-two convictions giving them a 2.57
conviction rate since 1976 now we had Washington DC on the city corruption
video but if it were added to the state video because a lot of people consider
it kind of like a state it would still be number one with a seventeen point
four zero conviction rate can you believe that seventeen holy crap alright
so that is my top 10 most corrupt states in the United States obviously you had
the word States it's gonna be in the United States I imagine anyway don't
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