有趣的一則新聞以及評論，顯見中美的差別。

剛看的一則財經新聞，關於中國反小金庫，下面的跟評才有趣

是MarketWatch上的：

China uncovers $45 million in slush funds

By Caixin Online   

Dec. 18, 2011, 7:35 p.m. EST


BEIJING ( Caixin Online ) — More than 4,000 Communist Party members have received punishments this year for siphoning 2.846 billion yuan ($44.8 million) into illegal bank accounts, the Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday.

Known formally as 「small treasuries」 or xiaojinku, the off-the-books accounts are repositories for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and government agencies to hide illegal funds like bribes, kickbacks and unofficial taxes.

Government officials have been waging a public battle against small treasuries since the 1980s, uncovering at least 140.6 billion yuan in slush funds between 1998 and 2006, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
From April 2009 to December 2010, the government found over 40,000 small treasuries accounts involving 21.5 billion yuan. 12.7 billion of that amount came from party and government offices, while the other 8.8 billion was from public organizations and SOEs.

By comparison, the additional 2.846 billion yuan uncovered by the Ministry of Finance between January and November this year is a marked decrease over years past. But stricter enforcement is still needed to combat the small treasuries, an official with the MOF』s Institute of Fiscal Science told Caixin.

「Anyone involved with small treasuries should be put in jail, and his supervisors should be removed from office,」 said MOF Institute of Fiscal Science deputy director Liu Shangxi. 「If we had strict legal restrictions, nobody would dare to pocket these funds.」

The latest crackdown on the illegal funds started in April 2009, and is the 12th major anti-small-treasuries campaign China has seen.

This year, more than 10,000 people — including 4,043 party cadres — have received administrative, judicial or party punishments in connection with the illegal accounts, the finance ministry said. See this report at Caixin Online

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winston 2 hours ago
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WOW, simply amazing, at how small. In the U.S. we call them "earmarks" and they run into the billions.
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shih0955777528 1 hour ago
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and then we can know how rich the Chinese government offices
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twiceshy 1 hour ago
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This is considered business as usual in Washington. Obama gets his in kickbacks from solar companies.
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Floridagator 47 minutes ago
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yeah, what a bunch of lightweights... Obama just took a 4 million dollar 17 day vacation.
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MSEE 1 hour ago
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In this country, it's called Welfare checks, and is completely legal.
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mktspectator 1 hour ago
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Corruption is in every system be it capitalism, socialism, or communism.
Thieves and crooks seem to gravitate to where the most money is which is usually finance or the old favorite, government contracting.
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babaro 36 minutes ago
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true but I hope you don't try to imply that communism=socialism=capitalism
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billhillify 1 hour ago
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I didn't know MF Global had offices in China as well...
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ACT101 1 hour ago
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I'm sure the rich in China has over seas accounts as well.
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babaro 38 minutes ago
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they got a slap on the wrist
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zumwalt 31 minutes ago
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One more case of capitalism being much more efficient than Communism at greasing politicians. Forty-five million is chump change in Washington.

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