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veteran88 ago

A lot of these scams are set up for the private company doing the red light cameras to keep the fines for themselves.

The politicians get personal donations from the company in return.

FreeDial_Indicator ago

This reminds me of a story (supposedly a "joke") a Politician once told me about Government appropriations and bidding, when we were having a conversation about corruption.

A Politician is tasked with replacing a broken fence outside a Government building. A company from Ohio quotes the Politician $9,000. A company from Kentucky quotes the Politician $7,000. Finally, the Politician sits down in a meeting with a company from Chicago, who quotes the Politician $30,000.

Incredulous, the Politician asks the company from Chicago why their price is so outrageous - the company from Kentucky only quoted $7,000! The salesman from the Chicago company responds, "$10,000 for me. $13,000 for you. $7,000 to hire the company from Kentucky to replace the fence".

Sadly, I think this is one of those jokes where the joke's on the American Citizen, and the activity is normal business practice for Government.

randomfuckingidiot ago

Defrauding the taxpayer needs to be a capital offense.

FreeDial_Indicator ago

I see two problems:

  1. All of Government would be classified as defrauding the Taxpayer.
  2. Nobody would punish anyone, or it would only be weaponized to be used against taxpaying whites like everything else.

randomfuckingidiot ago

Then capital offense for everyone

FreeDial_Indicator ago

Then we agree completely.