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QUESTIONS: 1. What exactly is political corruption? 2. What are laws that have been put into action to help stop corruption? 3. Who has the power to stop corruption from happening? ANSWERS: 1. It's when the politicians try to secretly corrupt the government by taking money given to them for public works for themselves, 2. The UN has created an international Convention Against Corruption.

Seven Facts about political corruption in ROMAN TIMES:

1. Rome had no rules that were used to pick a new leader.

2. Many different parts of the government debated on the next leader (current emperor, army, senators, praetorian guard)

3. In AD 186, the army murdered the emperor at request of the generals.

4. Between AD 186 and 286, there were 37 emperors, 25 of those were assassinated.

5. The practice of selling the throne to the highest bidder became popular.

6. Having so little power and stability with the role of emperor, this weakened the state of the empire greatly.

7. Patricians with lots of money could easily bribe the people with government positions and were less rich than themselves. Their ideas, no matter what they were, could have been passed laws in no time.

Seven facts about political corruption TODAY:

1. With total power comes total corruption. Dictators make things entirely in their favor, making the rest of the government corrupt.

2.An organization called POGO is concerned that way too many government officials are using their political position to go farther in their private life. (pogo helps with that problem.)

3. Areas with a lower economic state are more likely to have corruption in the government. (Officials could use the money from a treasury for their own use.

4.In North Korea, government officials drink imported Coke while the people die of starvation. (Tied for most Corrupt County)

5. In Somalia, after 1991, complete anarchy broke out. Clans, militia, and warlords rule the country. (Tied for Most Corrupt Country)

6. John Steinbeck said, “Power does not corrupt, fear corrupts. Perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” This means that people in government today, and through history become corrupt just so they can keep their power.

7. There is a job, a Lobbyist, who is employed to persuade political figures to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer.

Contacted Richard WInters, professor at Dartmouth University...no response. Contacted Mayor Curt Cosby, mayor of Newtown...no response yet. []
 * Prezi Final Project:**

"Fall Of The Roman Empire." // Rome Info //. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan 2012. <[]>.
 * Possible Solutions:**
 * Have an official, safe of corruption, monitor any suspicious activity or any random income increases of other government officials.
 * If you see it, report it. For example, if the mayor owns his own business, and he uses his power as mayor to help support his business, that is also corruption. You can report things like that to many different organizations.
 * Works Cited **

"Reasons why the Roman Empire Fell." // Roman Colosseum.info //. N.p., 2008. Web. 31 Jan 2012. [|.]

"Government Corruption." //POGO.// N.p., Web. 1 Feb 2012. []

Johnson, Robert, and Andrew Shen. "The 10 Most Corrupt Countries In The World." // BusinessInsider //. N.p., 01 Dec 2011. Web. 3 Feb 2012. [|.]