Say a country has $1mil in its budget to build a hospital which should last for 50yrs. A corrupt politician gets a kickback of $20k from a bad builder to award him the construction contract. The builder cuts corners to siphon off $20k for the politician and $20k for himself and uses substandard concrete. The hospital falls apart after only 30 years.
So, all for a stupid tiny corrupt $20k, the nation finds itself short $1mil to build a replacement hospital. The people have to do without.
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