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My dad often says: "you'd be surprised how cheaply people will sell themselves for." I have found this to be true over and over again.
by alexpetralia 8y ago
My dad often says: "you'd be surprised how cheaply people will sell themselves for." I have found this to be true over and over again.
- nitwit005 8y agoI certainly felt this back in university when reading about police corruption investigations. The amounts involved often just seemed sad.
- eesmith 8y agoThere's a quote along the lines "the surprise isn't that politicians can be bought, but that you or I could afford them." Searching now, I can't find the quote. I did find "It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought." by Timothy Noah at https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/08/bob-ney-character-witness.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/08/bob-ney-characte... .