You start with a definite "no" but are actually saying exactly what I said, just in other words. Except the last paragraph which seems like a very naive interpr

You start with a definite "no" but are actually saying exactly what I said, just in other words. Except the last paragraph which seems like a very naive interpretation of what I said. There's no implication of "kindness of their hearts" but rather that after a lot of money is wasted on corruption there's still plenty of money left to get the job done right. If you can afford to pay 2x the value of the work you can do a good job and pocket the 1x difference. If you can only afford 0.8x the value of the work and 0.1x of it "belongs" in your pocket... you have a problem despite the lower absolute value of the act of corruption.