“If you reprimand us for our generosity in accepting so little while you take so much, what can we say? We are not fools. It is only that we are desperate for quick cash to finance our campaigns and that is why we concede to such rip‑offs. If you call us corrupt then you are fifty times more corrupt than ourselves. We are only corrupt fifty times.
“We are all thieves involved in the corrupt deals. It is our poor people who suffer from repaying this money, which never even gets into our country. There is no country that is immune to corruption, Mr. Bagman. You know America is also corrupt. It is unfair to call us corrupt. We might even consider suspending further deals with you or even expose publicly such deals to show the world that you are also corrupt.”
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