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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 8 points 2 days ago

There was actually a time when the authorities did their duties and set up such stings to catch lawmakers and then actually charge and convict them.

That was in the mythical before-times of our ancestors though, long before any of us first opened our eyes.