MHLoppy@fedia.io to Not The Onion@lemmy.world · 4 months agoThe Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treatwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1693arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1684arrow-down1external-linkThe Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treatwww.vox.comMHLoppy@fedia.io to Not The Onion@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareWatDabney@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoA gratuity is just a postdated bribe, and everybody including the Supreme Court knows it.
minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoLook, only a chump pays in advance. The TV news tells me all the time about contractors, but it’s pretty obvious anyway: once they’ve got your money, why do they need to finish the job?
A gratuity is just a postdated bribe, and everybody including the Supreme Court knows it.
Look, only a chump pays in advance. The TV news tells me all the time about contractors, but it’s pretty obvious anyway: once they’ve got your money, why do they need to finish the job?