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Originally Posted by Tom Joad

I often hear people talk about how if you are trying to get anything done in some third world shithole country you have to have a pocket full of cash to bribe the officials.

Then I think, don't we have to do pretty much the same thing here, except that we have legitimized it by calling it "fees"?

The one that really gets me is the survey requirement that they have in Florida.

Every time a house changes hands someone has to fork out $400 or so bucks for a survey.

What the fuck is that all about?

How often does a piece of real estate get up and move?

No Tom
My wife is from the Philippines.

We don't routinely shake down people for the smallest things. In the Philippines to get anything done money is often required. People get shaken down by the traffic police just so the cop (not the city) can get some money. And in many cases there was no traffic infraction to justify the stop.


You talk a lot about stuff you don't know about.

You see Tom you bash your country a lot without really knowing how good you have it. Our system has some major flaws but it is still better than where my wife is from. Way better. That outpatient surgery you are whining about paying? In the Philippines if you cannot pay they let you die.