美国最腐败的十个州调查

2014-07-09 15:20:14来源:可可英语

  When we think of government corruption (as one tends to do), our biased minds often gravitate to thoughts of military juntas and third world governments. But, of course, corruption is everywhere, in one form or another. And it’s costing U.S. citizens big time.

  提到政府腐败,我们常常倾向于带有偏见地认为,只有军事政府和第三世界国家的政府才会腐败。但毫无疑问,腐败无处不在,只是形式各不相同。腐败同样给美国公民造成了巨大的浪费。

  A new study from researchers at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Indiana estimates that corruption on the state level is costing Americans in the 10 most corrupt states an average of $1,308 per year, or 5.2% of those states’ average expenditures per year.

  香港大学(University of Hong Kong)与印第安纳大学(University of Indiana)的研究人员最近进行的一项研究结果显示,在美国最腐败的十个州,腐败给美国人造成的浪费是平均每人每年1,308美元,约占各州每人每年平均支出的5.2%。

  The researchers studied more than 25,000 convictions of public officials for violation of federal corruption laws between 1976 and 2008 as well as patterns in state spending to develop a corruption index that estimates the most and least corrupt states in the union. Based on this method, the the most corrupt states are:

  研究人员调查了1976年至2008年期间超过25,000起公务人员违反联邦腐败法律的案件,以及各州财政支出的方式,据此研究出一个腐败指数,用来评估美国最腐败和最不腐败的州。根据这个方法,最腐败的各州分别是:

  1. Mississippi

  1. 密西西比州

  2. Louisiana

  2. 路易斯安那州

  3. Tennessee

  3. 田纳西州

  4. Illinois

  4. 伊利诺伊州

  5. Pennsylvania

  5. 宾夕法尼亚州

  6. Alabama

  6. 阿拉巴马州

  7. Alaska

  7. 阿拉斯加州

  8. South Dakota

  8. 南达科他州

  9. Kentucky

  9. 肯塔基州

  10. Florida

  10. 佛罗里达州

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