A friend, who recently participated in the anti-corruption crusade that was busted by the police, was grumbling about the rampant corruption in the country (killing my beer appetite in the process).
He was miffed by the fact that everyone, right from our leaders, is a day time robber who pilfers taxpayers' money without any sense of remorse. He blamed this kind of wanton theft for the country's snail-pace development. "Can you imagine you have to bribe someone to get anything done in a public office?" he lamented.
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