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**arindiruppya** · 01-04-2006, 06:16 PM

Although I do not like the idea of taking bribes, these charges are BS.

Unless these meals were GIVEN to them, as in "here's a blank check, get what you want", I do not see the problem in contractors trying to schmooze potential clients.

BR, you make the comparison to the private sector with this. How do you think the private sector goes for jobs? They become friends with the decision makers that have influence in making the decisions of where these contracts go.

Going on a golf outing with contractors is nothing.

Now, OTOH, there needs to be a line drawn in the sand, just as we do with our politicians.

Dinner is nice, but if a contractor PAYS for an officials daughters wedding out of the "kindness" of his heart, we have to look further. But prosecuting these men on taking a few thousand in shmooze $$ is rediculous. Especially when it probably cost us more to prosecute than they got in the first place.

Waste of $$ and time.

01-04-2006, 06:16 PM	#2
arindiruppya Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 576 Senior Member	Although I do not like the idea of taking bribes, these charges are BS. Unless these meals were GIVEN to them, as in "here's a blank check, get what you want", I do not see the problem in contractors trying to schmooze potential clients. BR, you make the comparison to the private sector with this. How do you think the private sector goes for jobs? They become friends with the decision makers that have influence in making the decisions of where these contracts go. Going on a golf outing with contractors is nothing. Now, OTOH, there needs to be a line drawn in the sand, just as we do with our politicians. Dinner is nice, but if a contractor PAYS for an officials daughters wedding out of the "kindness" of his heart, we have to look further. But prosecuting these men on taking a few thousand in shmooze $$ is rediculous. Especially when it probably cost us more to prosecute than they got in the first place. Waste of $$ and time.
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