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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2019, 01:30 PM Jan 2019

A customs agent who hasn't been paid for a month sure would find a few hundred dollars persuasive

I'm absolutely not impugning the honor of CBP agents, at all, I'm saying when you have a family you will do whatever it takes to keep them fed. So would I. That's why this shutdown is an egregious threat to our national security.

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A customs agent who hasn't been paid for a month sure would find a few hundred dollars persuasive (Original Post) Recursion Jan 2019 OP

Accepting a bribe in the line of duty while serving my country? Rainbow Droid Jan 2019 #1

La Migra Mr. Quackers Jan 2019 #2

Rainbow Droid

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1. Accepting a bribe in the line of duty while serving my country?

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:16 PM

Jan 2019

No way in HELL even with a starving family. Putting food in their stomachs doesn't override ALL ethical considerations. That's ridiculous. You are implying that push come to shove -everyone- with few or no exceptions would act corruptly and in their own self interest. If that's true then the USA really is doomed because all we really have, push come to shove, is the strength of our ideas and ideals.

Sorry, I'm just not willing to go along with you on this one.

Mr. Quackers

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2. La Migra

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Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:20 PM

Jan 2019

does that shit even when they're getting paychecks.

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