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Yes, incompetent, and not due to as of yet unknown payoffs to key officials. With that much money at stake, in a far less transparent world than we live in toda
by zamnos 3y ago
Yes, incompetent, and not due to as of yet unknown payoffs to key officials. With that much money at stake, in a far less transparent world than we live in today, briefcases full of cash worked a lot better. How would you even deposit that today without some sort of money laundering scheme?
- bombcar 3y agoBriefcase cash is so gauche - you just hire them when they “retire” from public service. Much more proper and you don’t even need to explicitly offer - everyone knows how the bread is buttered.
- cabalamat 3y ago> you don’t even need to explicitly offer Which has the added benefit of plausible deniability.
- willcipriano 3y ago[flagged]
- mysterydip 3y agoDefense contractors seem to have this down to a science.
- javajosh 3y agoAlso, speaking fees are, funnily enough, not campaign contributions.
- bombcar 3y agoThere's also great laundering fun to be had with your book, too!
- dsr_ 3y agoTell your parents to sell their house, but the contract includes lifetime tenancy and guaranteed maintenance and renovations. Surely that's not bribery. It's not bribery if you just happen to visit a new friend's mansion in Hawaii any time you want a vacation. Perhaps your spouse would be a good choice to be VP of Something Boring at this non-political non-profit charity. Isn't it nice that the employees of TotallyNotCorruptCo always make sure to donate so much money each year? Did we mention that the VP job comes with a car and driver? And can be done from home except for the fund-raiser galas. Totally not a bribe.
- mrguyorama 3y agoMicrosoft didn't need to bribe anyone in the 80s and 90s because our country was still snorting that "woo hoo free markets fix everything" pixie dust. We weren't allowed to interfere with big business anymore. Clearly they knew what was best for us.