While I agree that US politicians are easily bought and paid for, I am sure you were just using a bit of hyperbole to illustrate your point about them being the most corrupt in the world, but just in case you really believe what you stated:
Easy to pay off american politicians....easily the most corrupt country in the world.
here is the list of the 25 most corrupt governments on our little planet, along with the reference tag. Afghanistan is most corrupt at number 1, New Zealand is least corrupt at 181, US is at 163. Go to the link to see all 181.
1 Afghanistan
2 North Korea
3 Somalia
4 Sudan
5 Myanmar
6 Turkmenistan
7 Uzbekistan
8 Iraq
9 Angola
10 Burundi
11 Democratic Republic of the Congo
12 Chad
13 Haiti
14 Venezuela
15 Cambodia
16 Guinea
17 Kyrgyzstan
18 Yemen
19 Equatorial Guinea
20 Zimbabwe
21 Libya
22 Central African Republic
23 Republic of the Congo
24 Ivory Coast
25 Guinea-Bissau
Corruption Perceptions Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia