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- All time low according to the corruption perceptions index as of 2021
- Record setting amounts of untraceable money in the united states financial system

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The USAID created its first anti-corruption policy. They created an anti-corruption and evidence learning week to teach others about ways to prevent corruption. They also vowed to prioritize corruption as a place that needs more attention from the government.

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- Create more anti-corruption policies
- Get more staff working to prevent corruption in government
- They train over one hundred ITA's on how to spot and prevent corruption

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With both problems wealthier people are taking advantage of others who are less wealthy. The difference is back in the Progressive Era it was easy to trace someone's money and see where it came from but today it's hard to find where the money came from which makes it much more difficult to catch people in the act of corruption.

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In both cases the reformers are trying to inform people about the corrupt things going on. One difference is that the USAID is also trying to prevent it from happening all together. Another difference is they have different ways of informing. Nast uses cartoons and news articles but nowadays they use retreats and classes to get the word out.

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One difference between then and now is back then they seemed the most focused on making sure everyone knew what was happening and the person doing it is punished but now the focus is more on making sure people are trained on those situations and preventing them so that they will become less common in the future.

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-People were taking advantage of others
Ex: William Tweed took the level of corruption up a degree when he stole 100 million dollars from the city of New York.

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Thomas Nast was a reporter who drew political cartoons about William Tweed's wrongdoings. The cartoons ended up aiding in Tweed's capture when he ran from his prison sentence because the spanish police recognized him from the cartoon and were able to capture him.

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- Direct primary
- Reporters making stories showing people the corruption
- Put the people who do corrupt things into prison