That's a lot of corruption

Excerpt from NYT:

In 2004 and 2005, more than 1,060 government employees were convicted of corrupt activities, including 177 federal officials, 158 state officials, 360 local officials and 365 police officers, according to F.B.I. statistics. The number of convictions rose 27 percent from 2004 to 2005.
... [T]he F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, ... said: "Having prosecuted public corruption cases, you come to realize first of all that public corruption tears the fabric of a democratic society. You lose faith in public officials, it leads to cynicism, it leads to distrust in government."

Ya think? To be fair, they note: "Not all high-profile cases involve Republicans."