> spending most of their budget on bribing officials What source do you have for this? It's wild how otherwise-reasonable people have fallen for this tripe. I

> spending most of their budget on bribing officials What source do you have for this? It's wild how otherwise-reasonable people have fallen for this tripe. It's not dissiilar from how a good portion of the left unthinkingly bought the lie that racism is the root cause of every problem in the country.