Corruption is inherent in human nature. People like to blame governments but we are all the government and we are all prone to corruption. The only way forward is to constantly work toward achieving less corruption- it is up to all of us- blaming 'the government' is a lazy cop out popular with Libertarians in particular - it is inherently an act of blame-shifting and indicative of the human nature where we seek to pass the buck. We all know we are prone to taking short cuts- we all know that merchants given half a chance will seek to fix prices and rentseek- working actively toward achieving good/better government is our best chance of minimising these debilitating behaviours but we must recognise that corruption will never be completely eliminated as long as humans walk the earth- because the tendency toward corruption is within all of us.