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Old 08-27-2006, 03:10 AM   #1
Tonchi
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Originally Posted by Ibram
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what is the first recorded case of major governmental corruption?
That probably goes back all the way to the Chaldeans. But the difference is that until fairly recently in world history it was not called "corruption", it was how officials collected their compensation for the job (they just had to be sure that they did not collect so enthusiastically that others got hostile about it). Public service still runs that way in every place not considered the First World. It becomes "corruption" only at the point that a community or nation decides to actually enforce its laws.
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