Pennsylvania one of ten "most corrupt" states : Justice Department.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians pay inflated taxes because the state's public corruption rate is among the highest in the nation, says a scholarly study based on data from the Justice Department.
The report in Public Administration Review shows public corruption “implicitly causes taxpayers to pay more,” said John Mikesell, an economics professor at Indiana University and co-author of the study.
Corruption costs taxpayers about $1,308 per person more per year in states with the most corruption, compared to states with average corruption levels, the study says.
Justice Department data place Pennsylvania historically among the 10 most corrupt states. Statistics from 1976 through 2008 rank the state with Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, South Dakota and Alaska.
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