The library in my hometown has a store where they sell donated or worn out books. It's partly as a fundraiser, but mostly as a way to get rid of the heaps of books they don't want. My brother is convinced that they're buying new books with taxpayer money to sell off for cheap so that the librarians can pocket the cash. He won't even step in the building anymore because of how angry it makes him. The books are being sold for like $1 apiece
That is a form of corruption for big projects. Buying a bunch of materials out of the product budget and then selling it off below market price since it's all profit for the corrupt official.
Especially common with fungible stuff like concrete, which is why sometimes bridges in corrupt countries will randomly just collapse.
The library in my hometown has a store where they sell donated or worn out books. It's partly as a fundraiser, but mostly as a way to get rid of the heaps of books they don't want. My brother is convinced that they're buying new books with taxpayer money to sell off for cheap so that the librarians can pocket the cash. He won't even step in the building anymore because of how angry it makes him. The books are being sold for like $1 apiece
:free-real-estate: Buy high, sell low! This is the way!
That is a form of corruption for big projects. Buying a bunch of materials out of the product budget and then selling it off below market price since it's all profit for the corrupt official.
Especially common with fungible stuff like concrete, which is why sometimes bridges in corrupt countries will randomly just collapse.
Less "buying" and more "budgeting" high but yeah, I get it.