Abstract
Inequality and money in politics lead to political corruption. The Trump administration had conflicts of interest as proven in the Mueller investigation, the impeachment proceedings, and ongoing investigations. America is the 22nd most corrupt nation out of 180 on Transparency International’s Index. From 1998 to 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice charged 22,075 people with public corruption. Chicago is the most corrupt metropolitan region, and Illinois is the third most corrupt U.S. state because corruption is fostered by machine politics. It costs Illinois taxpayers more than $500 million a year. There is both individual and institutional corruption. While there is no single bullet to cure corruption, fundamental legal, structural, and attitudinal changes are necessary. We must change the culture of corruption.
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