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He had a 'not bribing the right people' problem?

Seems to be called lobbying in the US.

Pretty much everywhere else they pretend to not have lobbying or bribing, but just end up doing it behind closed doors.

It may be a program to create jobs. I mean, there would be no lobbyist profession if the lawmakers would take the bribes directly.

absolutely: a very pragmatic approach to "solving" the corruption problem. Let's call it lobbying and make it legal and legitimate

> Let's call it lobbying and make it legal and legitimate

And we can keep the overt cash payouts. We just launder the funds thru campaign chests and revolving-door, high salaried jobs (as a lobbyist, consultant, etc).

It's only natural that the campaign purchase several million copies of your self-published book to give out to influence voters! And of course the campaign should hire your brother-in-law's ad firm, you already know what their quality is like!

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