On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Padu wrote:

> It's hard to wonder on the roots of the problem, but a good hypothesis is
> generalized lack of money. It would be much harder to bribe a cop who's
> giving you a speeding ticket if he had a decent salary.

Very often it is not lack of money but misappropriation thereof. The most 
horendous cases of corruption occur in countries that regularly tax their 
citizens to death. Whether by system (communist or military dictature 
f.ex.), or democratically (fill in the dots - you know who you are).

Peter
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