MHLoppy@fedia.io to Not The Onion@lemmy.world · 6 months agoThe Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treatwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1694arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1685arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareWatDabney@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 months agoA gratuity is just a postdated bribe, and everybody including the Supreme Court knows it.
minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 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?