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Aristotle,
Politics, Bk 3 - The conclusion is evident: that governments which have
a regard to the common interest [i.e. common good, general welfare] are constituted in
accordance with strict principles of justice [e.g. Rule of Law, Natural Law], and are therefore true forms;
but those which regard only the interest of the rulers [e.g. pandering for
votes] are all defective and
perverted forms, for they are despotic, whereas a state is a community of
freemen.
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Washington
State Laws
Against
Government
Bribery And
Corruption
BRIBERY
AND
CORRUPT
INFLUENCE
Sections
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Auditor
highlights
gaps in past
Washington
child care
fund audits
KOMO
News,
January 14,
2026
WASHINGTON
STATE — KOMO
News has
learned of
alleged
serious
oversight
and
accountability
gaps at the
Washington
Department
of Children,
Youth and
Families
(DCYF) over
the last
four years
when it
comes to
payments to
child care
providers.
Washington
State
Auditor Pat
McCarthy
told KOMO
News the
agency
(DCYF)
lacked
access to
'provider-level
data' in the
last four
statewide
audits. She
said the
data is
needed to
fully track
where money
is going.
This comes
as concerns
about child
care funding
make
headlines in
Washington
state, and
the rest of
the country.
The State
Auditor’s
Office is
currently
auditing the
Child Care
and
Development
Fund, a $770
million
program
managed by
the
Department
of Children,
Youth and
Families
that made
payments to
7,400 child
care
providers in
Washington
in the most
recent
fiscal year.
WA Auditor:
Missing data
made it
'impossible'
to track
where child
care federal
funds went
The
Post
Millennial,
Jan 16, 2026
As
scrutiny
over
Washington’s
child care
funding
system
continues to
intensify
following
investigations
of fraud
allegations,
the
Washington
State
Auditor’s
Office has
revealed
sweeping
oversight
and
accountability
gaps at the
Department
of Children,
Youth and
Families
(DCYF),
including
the
inability to
track
provider-level
payment data
for four
consecutive
years. While
state
officials
continue to
insist there
is no proven
fraud, the
State
Auditor’s
findings
reveal a
deeper
problem: for
four years,
Washington
lacked the
basic data
needed to
show where
hundreds of
millions of
dollars
went. State
Auditor Pat
McCarthy
told KOMO
News that
DCYF’s lack
of detailed
provider
data has
repeatedly
hampered
audits and
left
billions in
taxpayer-funded
spending
unverifiable.
“They are
probably the
most risky
of all of
the
departments
in state
government,”
McCarthy
told the
outlet,
citing
DCYF’s size,
scope, and
the
vulnerable
populations
it serves.
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Massive
Wealth Means
Massive
Corruption
Joe
Hoft,
January 16,
2026
We’re
rightfully
outraged by
headlines
exposing
nine billion
dollars
stolen by
Somalis in
Minnesota,
but few
Americans
understand
the
magnitude of
the problem.
The Somalis
are the “tip
of the tip”
of the
iceberg.
Simply put,
where there
is wealth,
there is
corruption;
and massive
wealth means
massive
corruption.
And the
United
States is
the
wealthiest
country to
ever exist…
U.S. oil and
gas
resources
are worth
roughly $137
trillion.
Land value,
including
residential
and
commercial
real estate,
and farmland
– $84
trillion.
The
estimated
value of all
U.S. natural
resources,
including
energy,
timber, and
minerals –
$45
trillion.
The U.S.
stock market
total
capitalization
is nearing
$47
trillion.
U.S. Gross
Domestic
Product for
2025 is
projected at
$30.6
trillion.
Our federal
government’s
total
revenue was
approximately
$5.23
trillion for
2025. U.S.
state tax
revenue –
$1.3
trillion.
2024 Federal
government
spending was
$6.8
trillion,
including
Social
Security,
Medicare,
unemployment,
food
assistance,
veterans’
benefits,
defense,
education,
transportation,
and
infrastructure,
with
interest on
national
debt – $1
trillion.
State &
Local
spending –
$4.3
trillion.
U.S.
healthcare
spending in
2024 – $5.3
trillion,
with an 8.2%
growth rate.
This list
puts the
value of the
United
States at
roughly 320
TRILLION
DOLLARS.
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Washington
gets D+
grade in
2015 State
Integrity
Investigation
Center For
Public
Integrity,
November 9,
2015
Washington’s
self-perception
as a model
state for
government
accountability
and
transparency
doesn’t
quite match
up findings
from the
latest State
Integrity
Investigation
carried out
by the
Center for
Public
Integrity
and Global
Integrity.
Washington
scored 67,
or D+, which
was good
enough to
rank it 8th
in the
nation.
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