Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95q.970221092543.56326C-100000@hector.NMSU.Edu> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 09:33:06 -0700 From: JC WANDEMBERG <mailto:juwandem@NMSU.EDU> Subject: corruption...ROOT? To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, David Johnson wrote: >
> I don't see how you can equate bribing officials to paying taxes.
> If I bribe a cop and he lets me off, the money, which is always much less
> thatn a fine would be, goes right into his pocket. Now, he may be a
> really deserving type but, this money doesn't benefit the country in any
> direct way. Its just a payoff to avoid worse consequences.
> If, on the other hand, he writes me a ticket and I have to post
> bond or appear in court, quite a bit of traceable money goes into the
> system.
Right on, you said it: "into the system" who is the system? a bunch of bureaucrats who don't give a darn about you?
> Personally, if I'm only going to travel as a tourist as I did in
> Mexico, the corrupt system suits me just fine.
This is one of the MAIN problems "the corrupt system suits..just fine"!!!
> I would much rather bribe a cop with 4 or 5 dollars and be on my way
>than to have to post bond or appear.
Isn't it a shame?
I really don't understand why it is so hard to simply say that > corruption is bad wherever you find it.
It's not hard for me, sure it's BAD!
>You make it sound as if paying
> off crooked officials is some sort of a duty which we owe them due to the
> sins of our forefathers.
Well, I wouldn't say due to the sins of our forefathers but surely due to the sins of our 'system'!
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