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"Seriously though, has anyone ever been handed $50,000 cash in a paper bag for something legit?"

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm afraid 50k bribes are like handing a family member a $5 note at Christmas. Aka, it "doesn't count" because it's peanuts to them.

That and the incredible amount of grift and corruption, of course.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 4 hours ago

The sad truth is politicians sell out our county for absurdly small bribes