The Bane of Corruption

There has always been corruption. And there has always been much effort on the part of our government to stamp it out. It is wrong to say that we lack in this effort. Sincerely, I do not believe for there to exist a government that is not corrupt at all. Maybe this is the next oldest vice since man existed.

But I would argue that corruption is more prevalent, more abusive involving bigger stakes and bigger sums of money among the higher echelons of society. And they are more likely to get away with it because of their know how, the technical knowledge of their disposal and they are just that much smarter.

This is why there exists the prevalent perception among the general public that only the small fry gets caught whilst corruption involving people handing and receiving millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions all do it with glee and and get away with it. We have yet to see them in the courts.

The fact is, these are the people who can quickly bring the country to its knees. Selling away considerable and crucial national interests  for personal and selfish gain.

I would opine that this scourge became more pervasive during the last administration. We still need to know about Agusta to cite just one case. Of course the aptly named Fourth Floor Boys and the chief among them made almost obscene amounts of money by deciding who gets what and how much.  And they made it all during that short period of time. Thank God, I fear to imagine what would become of us all if that administration had continued for much longer.

We need to eliminate corruption. That is the ideal. But I do not think we can ever achieve it totally.  Not in this country, or for that matter, in any other country on the world.  This includes the most powerful nation and the biggest democracies in the world.

The financial troubles plaguing the world presently, has its roots in the banking system of America and the decisions and awarding of huge remuneration to their chief executive officers. It is their immense greed, the impossible to sate type of greed, which has resulted in many flawed decisions and brought about misery to thousands, hundreds of thousands of livelihoods.

Then, what about the overly powerful Jewish lobby?  Isn’t that also another form of corruption? So many American presidents before now has had to appease Israel no matter if the consequence is the alienation of many countries in Africa, the middle east, and Europe. The intense grip with which the Jews hold the U.S Congress to ransom is corruption most vile because it denies the democratic process, stifles democracy.

So let us all not be too disheartened with corruption in this country. Of course the government should continue with its effort to eradicate corruption. Malaysia would be much more progressive without this ill. But we know that there are worst sorts of corruption in many other countries and nothing much can be done about it by their governments.

I believe that now is the right time, during these difficult times, for all of us to step forward and contribute in whatever way we can to make our country a great nation.  A Nation of nations.  God bless us all.  Amen.