Is New York state government expensive because New York is corrupt or is New York corrupt because government is expensive?

by philg

According to the New York Post, New York’s top political officials could end up in the same prison (“Club Fed”) if both are convicted on their respective corruption charges.

The Tax Foundation says that New York collects the highest percentage of residents’ income of any state. Is that because corruption makes the state expensive to run? Or do the lavish tax revenues flowing into Albany attract corrupt people? (the good news is that they can continue to collect pensions even after felony convictions)

[Separately, what percentage of New York’s politicians would need to be imprisoned for corruption before the New York Times would stop lecturing other Americans on how they should run their states?]

One thought on “Is New York state government expensive because New York is corrupt or is New York corrupt because government is expensive?”

  1. By comparison with the expenditures which are completely legal (if imprudent and unwise), the financial cost of corruption is negligible. But a particularly luxuriant government does provide extra incentives for chisellers and graftmongers, so it’s unsurprising to find a lot of both working within it.

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