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3/19/2007 11:28:26 AM	He must be arrested and prosecuted.
3/19/2007 11:53:12 AM	I think Taylor is the chief of all. I stole from the country in that he was not accountable to no one.
3/19/2007 11:56:29 AM	It is noted beyond all reasonable doubts, that Charles "super glue" Taylor, stole the most from the liberian coffers.
3/19/2007 12:54:36 PM	How can you know the above question. You are asking people to assumes? This is very stipid question?
3/19/2007 1:23:45 PM	He is just a rogue from birth.
3/19/2007 2:22:03 PM	Doe thought that the government was for the Krawn people. He totally disregarded the rest of the Liberian people.
3/19/2007 4:14:10 PM	in any case, they all STOLE our money meant to build the country and provide for the basic necessities of its people...and i might add that they are a shame onto the country...!
3/19/2007 8:40:24 PM	Tubman administration received billions of US$ from Iron ore mining operations in Liberia. Did nothing for Liberian to be proud of then and now. No safe drinking water, no pave motor roads beyond his Animal farm in Totota, no electricity beyound his animal farm. Some economists are even telling us that the resources spent in maintaining his private yacht was more than the amount spent on the running of the State(Liberia). Just to say a few. Thanks to Allah he passed and his VP. Wm Tolbert may all the differences. Despite his critics coming down hard on him.
3/19/2007 9:50:30 PM	No, this is not a stupid question, if I may respond to the blogger who wrote a stupid response. The poll asked "in your view" which I will break down for you in simple english. "Ay mean, wah yu tink" ahh, assumption? unequivocally!
3/20/2007 3:02:27 AM	Mr.Bryant is the worst of the five listed formerleaders; in short he''s just a common criminal.
3/20/2007 7:55:51 AM	I pick him because under his six tears term, every revenue generating entity reported directly to Mr. Taylor bedroom.
3/20/2007 9:38:23 AM	after 19 years there was little that Liberia could show under thw tubman administration. the open door policy with foriegn investors taken omey out of liberia without investing in the country was the biggest economic blow to this nation
3/20/2007 9:39:18 AM	He stoleplenty in a very short time
3/20/2007 9:49:27 AM	He devastated the country, put tribesmen against each other, so that he could steal the wealth of the country.
3/20/2007 10:18:20 AM	unlike Taylor that used his money to refinance his senseless war, tubman stole his money when many liberians were blind and very ignosant about government.
3/20/2007 10:53:54 AM	He works for the ex-Samuel Doe then later turned rebel as well as a president
3/20/2007 11:02:53 AM	Charles & Bob Taylor of FDA, Cocoo Dennis are criminals who deserved to be nail for life. GOL must as well well go after the $5billion of our resources money.
3/20/2007 11:24:25 AM	Monetary & human capital were taken from Liberia''s coffers by Taylor.
3/20/2007 11:32:12 AM	He came at a time when all our natural resources were untap and he owned all government ministery therefore he was both the leader and landlord.
3/20/2007 12:10:18 PM	In order to know who stole what or who stole the most, you have to compare the funds that came in versus the funds that were expensed and what was left in the coffers when the next president took office. A lot of people are making vague statements like Tubman received billion of dollars and he had nothing to show for it. It is like saying you made $100,000 while you were employed and now that you have retired you have nothing to show for it. Of course if you were making just enough to pay the bills, then chances are I will have nothing to show other than being able to sustain yourself on a daily basis. When Tubman was president, people received the pay regularly. Social services were in place. Development funds were provided to each county. Etcetera. If those counties didn’t maximize on the funds to develop their respective counties, Tubman was not responsible. I agree that Tolbert came in with new ideas and that having Tubman in office for 27 years was ridiculous. But Tolbert wasn’t planning on transitioning power to someone new either. In summary, we have to take an inventory of each leader’s administration to answer your question. One thing I know is if your civil servants are working and they can’t receive paychecks then your administration is stealing or mismanaging the country’s money. That didn’t happen during the Tubman era. While development was slow due in the olden days or era, I feel the Tubman’s administration was efficient. China wasn’t as developed as it is in the 60’s. Don’t compare Abidjan with Monrovia either, because the French built that city. Finally, Taylor did not have a government. He had an empire.
3/20/2007 12:20:55 PM	In less two years, Bryant was able to rob the nation of so much, without duress. What would he have done in 3-5yrs: sold the entire nation !!!
3/20/2007 1:21:36 PM	Tubman was a rogue and the most illiterate president. All our wealth he gave to his childred and family that is the reason none of them benefitted for his stolen wealth. Our parents paid taxes to send their children to school in U.S and England and they learned nothing but bad habits.
3/20/2007 2:33:11 PM	Yeah, I am right, he stole more than any other leader of our history, summing up to 3 million United States dollars.
3/20/2007 2:43:58 PM	bryant and his ministers
3/20/2007 4:26:37 PM	Eventhou, the Sirleaf government is current, but in my opinion it should have been included in the poll. "Even a blind man can tell when he is walking in the sun" From a bird eye view, curruption is prevelent in the Sirleaf government. It is wrong and perhaps bias for this govenment to be precluded. We should and must speak out during the fact and not after the fact. As we speak literally, there are curruptions at LPRC, Finance just to name a couple. Check out the castle under construction own by the minister of Finance. In less than two years as minister a humongous structer is under construction. Where is she getting the money from to build such a big house? Maybe, the next President will come up with the answer."The same rope that hang money can also be use to hang bamboo". I am sure the money is not from her wages. Ellen is no differnt from the rest of our so-called leaders. They all have their to go to men, hench men or what ever name you choice. For Sirleaf, her to go to men are the guys at the LPRC, Finance and Knuckles. However Knuckles is out. One down and two to go for now.
3/20/2007 4:27:19 PM	He made all his tribal men riches.
3/20/2007 5:28:29 PM	Money stolen by Charles Taylor may have been less than what was racked by William Tubman, but Taylor stole raw material and robbed the poor people''s soul.Most of Doe''s theft maybe waved by our debtors.
3/20/2007 5:59:04 PM	The amount he stole in two years is greater then what the others stole over their long tenure.
3/20/2007 6:26:38 PM	Tubman was the most intelligent and the least corrupt politician Liberia ever had.
3/20/2007 6:44:55 PM	He was the most corrupt president ever lived.
3/20/2007 7:50:56 PM	The worst leader ever in Liberia''s history, there was no organized structure in his goverment.
3/21/2007 3:22:20 AM	More was expected of him during his regime but he fail the Liberian people the greatest.
3/21/2007 4:01:26 AM	Bryant stole more money in two years than any other president
3/21/2007 5:28:05 AM	Charles stole the most because he did nothing and what others acccomplished, he took away leaving the country far worse off then when he met it.
3/21/2007 6:47:02 AM	Taylor is the worst. He must paid along with Benoni Urey,Bob Taylor,Grace Minor, etc.
3/21/2007 7:42:19 AM	because he got the highest American aid,aid from the international community and he was also managing the vast resources of liberia
3/21/2007 8:03:11 AM	During the period of Willaim V. S. Tubman, our economy reached it highest. We had many companies signing agreements. There weren''t any accountability because of the fear of Tubman''s Security. His period of leadership is the worst in our history.
3/21/2007 8:32:44 AM	I want to congratulate the media as a whole for actively reporting news that we believe is good for the public. However, it is advisable that the editors carefully rewiew the reports before putting them up on the web. Always remember that what ever you put up on the web, would be judged by people of other parts of the world, and if it is as poorly written as today''s issue, would definitely be construed by others including mysels as an aspect of poor journalism. Always dubble check your gramma and sentence structures before letting them out to the public.
3/21/2007 8:35:39 AM	All of the above!!!!!!!!!
3/21/2007 8:37:36 AM	one time richest president of africa.
3/21/2007 11:17:54 AM	almost all of them.difficult to establish the worst
3/21/2007 1:13:44 PM	He took whatever he wanted as there was chaos
3/21/2007 2:00:50 PM	Taylor was not president he was a rogue forceD on us.Tubman stole in the dark days and only his boat families shared the money.
3/21/2007 3:03:43 PM	because there was absolutely no accountability suring the Tubman era.
3/21/2007 5:35:08 PM	charles taylor severely exploited the resources and every little financial area Liberia had, along with his loyalists/ministers, etc. everyone stole to the best that they could.
3/21/2007 7:48:10 PM	no one - leave the guys alone - what is your problem???
3/21/2007 7:51:06 PM	i think mr taylor stole more money than any other president in our history due to the fact that he had noone to answer to so he did his own things without giving account to anybody.
3/22/2007 2:14:39 AM	Samuel Doe alone received the highest grant of more than 500 million dollars from the United States of America.
3/22/2007 6:58:16 AM	The mere fact that he ruled so long and owns so much property will suggest that he stole the most. Mr. Taylor follows and Doe next.
3/22/2007 7:45:30 AM	In my view Charles G. Taylor stole the most considering his relationship with terrosist, Gus Kouwenhoven and other crimals (Foday Sankor, Sam Bokarie, etc) to plunder Liberia. He sole much of our mineral resources including dimonds, gold and rubber.
3/22/2007 8:46:07 AM	The bastard stole everything; our wealth, our dignity, our children, our dreams. May he rot in hell
3/22/2007 2:04:17 PM	gyude was just fool for me..now that is me.
3/22/2007 3:00:28 PM	every last one of them
3/22/2007 9:43:11 PM	I think all of the answers are very good,butletus do somecomperison; (a)Tubman served for 19 years and scored 94, Torbet served for 9rs and scored 96;Doe served for 10rs and scored 115;Taylor served for 15rs and scored 137;and G.Bryant 97. Just in two years i can imgine if was to served for 5yers.Ileave rest of the judgements in the open.
3/23/2007 3:06:34 AM	Tubman stole the most from Liberia''s coffers because during his administration Liberia experienced a high growth rate but there was no development.
3/23/2007 4:35:45 AM	Tubman is the worse President that Liberia ever had.
3/23/2007 5:48:32 AM	Mr. Charles Taylor stole the most from Liberia''s coffers. He is a master and very skilled in taking things that do not belong to him by force. In the worse terror ever seen, he stole millions of dollars using his band of renegades such as Benoni Eurey, E. Shaw, Gus Kowehoven, Kadiatu Finley, et al.
3/23/2007 7:22:20 AM	they all stole our country money but charles taylor did not do any development at all
3/23/2007 7:22:24 AM	William V.S. Tubman in my view stole the most from the Liberia''s coffers
3/23/2007 7:32:44 AM	N/A
3/23/2007 10:10:58 AM	President Tubman stole the most from Liberia coffers cause at that time of his power as Liberian president,most of The Native Liberian were uneducated.So during that period, when he says yes,every other native Liberian will say yes cause the president said so.Their views were what ever the boss says it''s the final and as a result of that understanding of their,the president manage to steal from the Liberia''s coffers.
3/23/2007 10:36:16 AM	Taylor stole indesciminately without any regard to the Liberian State.
3/23/2007 10:58:59 AM	Because he was useless.
3/23/2007 11:53:58 AM	IN my opinion, Tubman stole the most because he had ample opportunities to built lIBERIA INTO A MORDERN SOCIETY, BUT FAILED DUE TO CORRUPTION. Sam Perkins Yonkers, NY
3/23/2007 12:22:30 PM	One hopes you allowed more names, then, they would be in this order: Tubman Taylor Bryant Doe Tolbert Thanks.
3/23/2007 12:27:00 PM	What a hell ''ar u guys talking about,all of them are thief.Wait a minutes, if any of you should have the opportunity, what will you do?.If you are not a thief,one person out of many you appointed to position must be a potential thief, that will eventually lure you drag you as the president into all those mess.YOU COMMENTATORS, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EVEN HONEST TO YOUR WIFE? SO LONG.
3/23/2007 11:05:12 PM	I believe Tubman bankrupt Liberia and placed Liberians into the dungeon of poverty.
3/24/2007 12:40:05 AM	I think Gyude Bryant stole the most because he stole about us2.1 million within just two years. During his regime there was no good water,no electricity and so many things. therefore, he must be arrested and prosecuted he deserve 15-20 years in prison.
3/24/2007 3:16:02 AM	He still have the money, let''s get it.
3/24/2007 4:18:47 AM	I was on my way from work when I heard about the coming of the businessman and I was very happy with the knowlegde that we are free from corruption. Now Bryant has come and became the main bad man in the show.Let Bryant face real hot justic.
3/24/2007 5:05:25 AM	He was president for 27 unbroken years.Our GDP was more than that of Japan.He stole all the money.
3/24/2007 5:47:53 AM	tubman I think stole more money because he led the Republic of Liberia for so many years as compare to the rest.
3/24/2007 5:50:55 AM	The 18th president will fit this profile because of the # of years he spent in office. By the way William Tolbert was the less of evil amongst this group of crookes.
3/24/2007 6:03:41 AM	The people who refuse to educate themselves and children stole and continue to steal the most from liberia''s coffers..so to speak
3/24/2007 9:50:54 AM	i don know and you don know given view on issue like this with out any discriptive statement of reality is just ... i answer the quietion so that my mail can go throught but does not mean that he was the most from liberia''s cofeers
3/24/2007 12:19:06 PM	This question is like comparing apples and oranges. On one hand, the tenures of these leaders were vastly different and the political dispensation were also different. Personally, Samuel K. Doe stole heavily from government as President of Liberia. Charles Taylor on the other hand, not just stole money but he also pillaged the resources of the country (ie. diamonds, gold, timber etc.) Samuel Doe had damaged Liberia''s creditworthiness and brought the entire economy into ruins before the pillaging of Taylor took place. Under Doe, Liberia received the most in total international development assistance than any other government in Liberia''s history. This makes him the most corrupt of Presidents. With regards to the person who mentioned that Dr. Antionette Sayeh, Liberia''s current finance minister as being corrupt, must be engaging in misinformation. Dr. Sayeh worked for the World Bank for over a decade as Country Director for several countries including once in Pakistan. She earned a salary range any where between $150,000 to $250,000 a year. Don''t tell me that she wouldn''t have the personal resources to build a home in Liberia. The issue with Anointette is that she is a policy expert in development management which is better suited for Economic Planning and Policy than Finance which requires more professional financial manager with strong macro-economic background and an anti-corruption instint. Besides, the problem of corruption for the first time in Liberia is more prevalent at the mid-level of government insitutions than at the very top. Initially, Ellen spent a great deal of effort appointing credible officials at that helm and not as much attention and focus at the mid-level (ie. Deputy, Assistant Ministers and Financial Comptroller posts). I submit.
3/24/2007 3:18:53 PM	He became the third richest president within five year.
3/24/2007 4:32:35 PM	MrTubman is a the worst guy that kill our country Liberia and other people like Tolbert have to pay for it with their life. In short, may God bless this great nation.
3/25/2007 12:58:02 AM	In my believed Charles Taylor stole the highest.
3/25/2007 5:23:56 AM	in taylor''s government there was no government bodget.all government finances were managed in mr.taylor''s living and he served as the financial mananger wherein he gaves a little amount of cash to whoever he wants and take the balance to where-ever he wants.mr.taylor saved the liberians money into so many foreign banks and these facts are known all over the world.
3/25/2007 6:18:18 AM	Who stole the most? Simple question with common sense answer. Bryant is before the Liberian courts being humiliated, Taylor is before the world court being humiliated, Doe died like a dog, Tolbert died like a dog. All 4 dishonored. "Prov.3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. LENGTH OF DAYS is in her right hand; and in her left hand RICHES and HONOUR." Conclusion of the matter: Tubman had the trio length of days, riches and honour. This honour is from God for He alone gives long life. The Bible says "No king reigns except God puts him there." You Liberians say man proposes but God disposes. Well if a king goes astray God disposes them with dishonour. "GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE!" Tubman found WISDOM while the others didn''t! May God bless Liberia again with leaders with divine wisdom from above.
3/25/2007 6:27:11 AM	Thanks for the excellent biblical analysis. I never thought of that. You must have wisdom as well.
3/25/2007 6:29:34 AM	Wow! Wisdom is what helped Tubman govern during the peak of racism in the world. He paid all civil servants on time.
3/25/2007 6:33:18 AM	I see Tubman new the masses needed to be educated but he moved gradually because wisdom was keeping him alive during the heat of racism. Tolbert should have employed this wisdom and Liberia wouldn''t be in this mess. Thanks for that point. I agree you have wisdom.
3/25/2007 6:36:37 AM	Whoever you are thanks for the insight.
3/25/2007 6:44:24 AM	Come to think of it, Tubman was called the poor man''s defender in the courts. "Psalm 41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies." Tubman considered the poor did the other four?
3/25/2007 6:45:47 AM	Awesome, we are getting answers!
3/25/2007 6:46:19 AM	Thanks
3/25/2007 6:46:59 AM	Right on!
3/25/2007 6:47:58 AM	May God do it again.
3/25/2007 6:48:35 AM	He will!
3/25/2007 6:48:45 AM	He will!
3/25/2007 11:02:09 AM	Chairman Bryant was a good for nothing idoit who stole the most from liberia''s coffers.
3/25/2007 11:20:50 AM	Preident Tubman Ruledliberia for twenty-seven years without accountability. He was in power during the heydays of the economic boom and all he did was squandered public funds on elaborate vacations, gambling, and unbudgetary purchasing of fleet of cars and yatch without due consideration of economic and infrastructural development.
3/25/2007 1:24:54 PM	He should have been the one to fixed the cause of the probelm that Prs.William v.s Tubman cause for the Liberian people.main problem tome is that he never make us to know that the is a future for to Day.
3/25/2007 3:23:45 PM	this man stole precious time the liberian people could have spend building their economy and government rather than being in the state of unrest it is currently in.
3/25/2007 10:48:22 PM	It does not matter who stole the most money, but we must start from somewhere where our leaders can be held accountble for what they do when they are in power. I think Bryant should be the staring poing.
3/25/2007 11:21:20 PM	let not any of those guys be left alone cuz they all stole from liberia this is while we are still behind other countries.
3/26/2007 5:30:30 AM	He had 27 years to pull it off and presided over economic growth without development
3/26/2007 7:15:11 AM	The other leaders tried to some extent with accountability. But Taylor had no system in place. His private home became the depository of aa state funds. What a cartel of criminals he ran.
3/26/2007 7:43:52 AM	who gives a shit. stealing is stealing
3/26/2007 11:37:00 AM	My view is that for the 20 some year he stay in power, many of the buildings that should have been for the government, he and his officials converted them and rented them out to the same govt. Some of his officials were also represented companies as lawyers. Example, the speaker was one of the lawyer for firestone and othe companies, the Vice President''s law office also represented companies against the poor labourer, ect...
3/26/2007 12:56:10 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:56:17 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:56:22 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:56:29 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:56:35 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:56:41 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:56:46 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:56:52 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:57:00 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:57:07 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:57:21 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 12:57:27 PM	Your point makes no sense! How can one have economic growth with no development?
3/26/2007 1:21:16 PM	He had opportunity to set the tune for pu coming elected president and he failed to do so but instead he stole millions.
3/26/2007 6:58:45 PM	Taylor was a baster
3/27/2007 6:09:49 AM	Who stole the most? Simple question with common sense answer. Bryant is before the Liberian courts being humiliated, Taylor is before the world court being humiliated, Doe died like a dog, Tolbert died like a dog. All 4 dishonored. "Prov.3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. LENGTH OF DAYS is in her right hand; and in her left hand RICHES and HONOUR." Conclusion of the matter: Tubman had the trio length of days, riches and honour. This honour is from God for He alone gives long life. The Bible says "No king reigns except God puts him there." You Liberians say man proposes but God disposes. Well if a king goes astray God disposes them with dishonour. "GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE!" Tubman found WISDOM while the others didn''''t! May God bless Liberia again with leaders with divine wisdom from above.
3/27/2007 8:33:31 AM	just plan mass looting
3/27/2007 8:45:01 AM	This man was a thief and should perish right now oh...
3/27/2007 11:23:22 AM	Tubman was the most corrupt presidents of Liberia. Houses belonging to him and his peers house most of government ministries. They never paid real estate taxes. He signed the worst mineral deals in Liberia. He never cared too much for ordinary Liberians. He should not have been in power for all those years.
3/27/2007 7:33:33 PM	Taylor and his cohorts stole the largest dollar amount, period! However,the most appropriate answer option would be... "all of the above", since these were all very corrupt men who stole as much as they could get away with, and the only difference between them is the extent to which they promoted sustainable development policies while being corrupt, and in that respect, Tolbert was the least corrupt and most successful!
3/28/2007 2:17:58 AM	Charles Taylor actions were not accountable for nearly 15 years. This makes him the most corrupt president in our history.
3/28/2007 2:37:14 AM	No accountability
3/28/2007 3:22:10 AM	Charles Gyude Bryant was the most corrupt that history won''t pardon. For instance, during his regime, he made no security expenditure in his government but the Internation Community. That''s why,among other things, he''s prosecuted today.
3/28/2007 6:31:51 AM	Tubman ruled when many (I mean very many) Liberians were ''green'' to everything. He ruled at a time the biggest companies Liberia has had (LAMCO, Bong Mining Company, Firestone, Liberia Mining Company, etc) operatied at maximum capacity.
3/28/2007 8:10:13 AM	Charles Gyude Bryant
3/28/2007 12:42:44 PM	Charles Gyude Bryant, stole the most from Liberia. Mrs. Grace J. Dioboute
3/28/2007 2:23:35 PM	Samuel Doe
3/28/2007 3:50:25 PM	You should have the option to select all because in my view all of them played a role in bringing the country down. No matter how much they stole. In my view they are all rogues/thugs
3/28/2007 6:02:57 PM	I think that Tubman stole the most money from Liberia because he ruled the longest period and made very little development that benefitted the people.
3/28/2007 7:03:20 PM	I personal belief that all five president stole to the best. And did the county loss good.
3/28/2007 9:49:26 PM	He sold the most natural resources when the times were good.
3/28/2007 11:24:17 PM	Tubman stole more money
3/29/2007 6:49:40 AM	william v.s.Tubmam stole the highest amount in the history of the country
3/29/2007 6:50:33 AM	CHARLES TAYLOR STOLE MORE BECAUSE HIS WAS OPEN TOO MUCH. OTHERS WERE IN SECRET.
3/29/2007 1:03:12 AM	He invaded the country on purpose of freedom, but this deal was a mean of curropting the nation and destraying lives and properties. Taylor only took away enough money from the nation and neglected the common problems of it.
3/29/2007 2:18:32 PM	According to Guiness Book of World Records Liberia had the fastest growing economy in the world. This was during Tubman''s reign.
3/29/2007 2:22:18 PM	Tubman had the best security apparatus setup in order for venture capitalists to come in to Liberia to invest. Who wants to invest their hard earned money when the place all cha-kla.
3/29/2007 6:58:27 PM	SAMUEL DOE WAS THE WORST OF ALL
3/29/2007 8:31:01 PM	He was the only lion in the city of the thieves.
3/29/2007 11:14:58 PM	thanks
3/30/2007 11:39:49 AM	he was the worst Liberia ever had.the only president in the Liberian history that recieved 500 million and did nothing,just shared the liberian money among his tribe(the country boys).
3/30/2007 11:50:54 AM	There''s no doubt in my mind that during the Tubman era, most of the stealing of state funds was carried out. As an example, shortly after his demise, hundreds of Tubman''s supporter were found to have stolen money. The basic assumption is this: if so many of Tubman''s supporters stole money, than he himself was at the forefront of the game. I leave you with the ancient Greek adage: "a fish begins to rot from the head down".
3/30/2007 4:27:33 PM	Illogical conclusion that because his supports stole AFTER he died, note AFTER, that he stole as well. I will not comment further because your conclusion does not pass symbolic logic. Remember ''AFTER'', that''s what you said.
3/31/2007 1:30:21 AM	Criminal!
3/31/2007 4:47:09 AM	They all took from the coffers in varying degrees. William R. Tolbert contributed the most to Liberia''s development.
3/31/2007 8:03:37 AM	he rappped Liberia and disgraced her like a butt nake female
3/31/2007 3:13:58 PM	All of these men deprived the Liberian people. The degree to which they did it is immaterial.
3/31/2007 9:05:08 PM	You mean development in Bentol?
3/31/2007 9:14:44 PM	Tubman contributed the most in Liberia''s worldly recognition. 1)Charter member in the genesis of the United Nations. 2) 1 of 3, Chief architect of the Organization of African Unity.(OAU) 3) First African president to sleep in Buckingham Palace. 4) After Nixon tried for the presidency of the united States and failed he went to Liberia to gain some wisdom from Tubman on the farm. Well the rest is history. I can go on and on and on! Tubman was a brilliant statesman.
3/31/2007 9:22:31 PM	Tubman was first black to sleep in Buckingham Palace.
3/31/2007 9:24:36 PM	Ay menh, for those using the best of words, yor leave dis big-bok beynes and keep it simple. we know yor wen to college yah bor allow us to have fun wey dis ting yeh. no body grading you yeh, jus hav fun and go, I bey you menh! Express your view, but be comical if you will please.
4/1/2007 12:32:37 AM	while none of the above named persons can be ruled out, let''s wonder where one gets the money to afford a presidential yacht; W.V.S. Tubman stands out.
4/1/2007 8:44:05 AM	Presidential yacht was given to Tubman by his good friend the Queen of England.
4/1/2007 9:37:43 AM	I must admit that it''s difficult choosing between the first four on your list; especially between Tumban and Taylor, but I would say Taylor because at least Tubman shared some of his stolen money with the people in exchange for favor and loyalty and Taylor heartlessly starved millions while he lived in luxury.
4/1/2007 10:27:50 AM	Per capital, Tubman stole ffrom Liberia than any other leader. Charles Bryant served the shortest term but got more in two years than any former president ($800 million) in two years, doe $500 million in ten yrs), Tubman, while I do not have the number, I believe did more damage financially and otherwise than any former leader. I strongly believe Tolbert was the least corrupt of those listed above. Taylor is in a league by himself for corruption and in every sense of the world and the destruction caused that we now face. While Sirleaf is not a former president yet, we should not leave her out but her time will come.
4/1/2007 12:29:36 PM	I must admit that it''''s difficult choosing between the first four on your list; especially between Tolbert and Taylor, but I would say Taylor because at least Tolbert and Tubman shared some of his stolen money with the people in exchange for favor and loyalty and Taylor heartlessly starved millions while he lived in luxury.
4/1/2007 3:52:27 PM	liar, can''t stand the damn man. hope he fries and smells in hell. God forgive me.
4/1/2007 4:28:58 PM	He was too hot handle.
4/2/2007 2:45:05 AM	Facts are being established of his stealing. Others may have stolen more but little is known of their stealing. Gyude Bryant passed-mark Sielonman says
4/2/2007 3:40:43 AM	;l;l;l
4/2/2007 5:40:46 AM	Charles Taylor is the rougish President of the Republic of Liberia.He killed indiscriminately and plunder the resources at his own advantage. He must be held accountable according to Global Witness of UK, $5billion dollars worth of resources were stolen from Liberia. There are untraceable Banks accounts all over the world owned by Charles Taylor and his family, as well as henchmen. Taylor must died in Jail at the Hague.
4/2/2007 6:22:26 AM	For only two years, the stealing was just uncomparable with presidents that served longer.
4/2/2007 9:28:38 AM	Charles Ghankay Taylor too !!
4/2/2007 9:35:44 AM	Since you all have the answers, then who should be President? Apparently, no can lead without stealing. While I agree that those mentioned above have done their share, this is the first time in our country''s 160 Year history that people are finally being held accountable. Oh and by the way, Dr. Sayeh does have the personal finances to build as large a house as she wants. She made several hundred thousand dollars with the World Bank prior to entering government. Check out her asset declaration. Of course as Liberians, nobody can do anything without stealing right? HTis ignorance must stop.
4/2/2007 11:29:39 AM	He received most loan than the others and he squandered it on military expenditure.
4/2/2007 2:45:38 PM	For 27 years in office, there isn''t much to show for those long years- considering the value of our resources at that time
4/2/2007 6:37:06 PM	charles
4/3/2007 1:44:56 AM	in so such a time, the man was just too much of a thief.
4/3/2007 5:35:53 AM	Charles Taylor is responsible for the economic collaspe in Liberia.During the 14years war,He wreak the economy by trading the natural resources for guns and by destroying the human resource of Liberia.
4/3/2007 6:58:18 AM	Can''t place price on human life.
4/3/2007 8:17:47 AM	He stole too much from Liberia, so the idea of even honoring him by celebrating his birthday is for me baseless
4/3/2007 8:21:08 AM	Worst cleptominia ever existed in our history as a nation. This pyscopath must spend the worst of his miserable life behind bars in a cage, where wild beast that pre on humans seeking flesh and bllod belomgs.
4/3/2007 11:03:25 AM	Tolbert
4/3/2007 12:31:44 PM	Tubman''s reign was void of any semblance of tranparency. The duration of his reign is another factor. Converted to today''s dollar, I think he wins this dubious honor by a landslide.
4/3/2007 1:56:15 PM	taylor did not only steal,but he destroyed everything in liberia.we hope he die like the serbs leader.
4/3/2007 8:41:39 PM	I believed that former presidentTubman stole the most because of his long term in office.
4/3/2007 9:42:23 PM	Yor nah con bak wey yor big-bok beynes again enh? U nah signing yor name to ey so why U can''t jus mek dis tin yeh simple. Leh hav son fun menh. It''s ok to mispell words and be gramatically incorrect as long as you get the message out. Let''s just have some fun in the process..Ay libeia man lek fornotin morale yah :>)
4/3/2007 11:16:58 PM	over 27 years that crook took LIberia for everything it had. Tolbert and his roguish family tried to outdo him and thats when
4/4/2007 2:38:48 AM	I definitely believe Charles Taylor stole the most,cause during his adm.,there was accountability and plus the central bank was acually in his bed room.
4/4/2007 4:49:53 AM	I think in my own view Mr. Charles G. Tayler exploited this Country (Liberia) than any other president. Tayler was runing the Country from his house,LPRC,NPA,MOF,Maritime& other was reporting directly to Tayler at his house. Thanks 8''s Leroy
4/4/2007 5:35:37 AM	NOT ONLY STOLE FROM THE LIBERIAN COFFERS BUT KILLED THOUSAND OF LIBERIAN AND OTHER NATIONS AS THE RESULT OF HIS GOVERNMENT JOBS WAR.
4/4/2007 7:51:46 AM	we will get the true answer one day
4/5/2007 1:43:44 AM	Fromer President stoel the country''s money thasn any other president without doing anthing developental for the country.
4/5/2007 4:54:23 AM	charles stole from Doe criminal gangs, that mean he associated with the DOE leadership. Then stepping into his evil leadership n bloody bath demonic rules. Charles gangs did control peoples and their business.He owned the country tax systems and Banks, timbers,gold/licence or diamond trade,licence.
4/5/2007 9:22:47 AM	Taylor did not simply steal only money and resources, he stole/took the priceless lives of countless Liberians that money cannot replace. Jerry Wehtee Wion Liberian African News Service, LANS, Washington, DC...301-773-5418
4/5/2007 9:24:39 AM	Charles Taylor misused Liberian Gov''t from 1990 - 2003.infact according to Global Witness 2005 reports Taylor, received $650 millions per aunnum without any justification.
4/5/2007 11:09:12 AM	He was a horrible man in my view
4/5/2007 11:23:13 AM	The bigest rouge on planted earth
4/5/2007 11:25:25 AM	In my view is Tubman because of his longevity in the position.
4/5/2007 6:00:08 PM	This was the period when most Liberians especially the natives, I mean borned of the soil were blind folded and illitrate and didn''t care for what was being done with the country''s wealth.
4/5/2007 7:21:03 PM	Doe in his short years of rule ,he and his cabniets looted liberia and sold the whole country to the highest bidder.
4/6/2007 5:29:47 AM