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481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?

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The President United States Has Executive Orders at His Disposal

The president united states has executive orders at his or her disposal. You could imagine that you could do a lot to cut back on the influence of lobbyists in a relatively short time. But i'm not sure that he would know how to do that, because the system in america is very different from that of china. Can you imagine pressident biton a telling top five companies nor ugas should donate, and they would give away like five % of their wealth? He can't even get em to pay their taxes. So i don't think that would be very successful.

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