My father was in a business that bid on gov't contracts and when, as a kid, I saw the cash changing hands as "Christmas gifts, etc.," and questioned my dad as to the local Congressman being a crook, my dad said, "Yes, but he's OUR crook."
“He paid them bribes to get favors needed for his business.”
My father was in a business that bid on gov’t contracts and when, as a kid, I saw the cash changing hands as “Christmas gifts, etc.,” and questioned my dad as to the local Congressman being a crook, my dad said, “Yes, but he’s OUR crook.”
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