Ένας τύπος σου λέει πως αν τον πληρώσεις θα κάνει να
βρέξει. Τον πληρώνεις. Αν κι εφόσον βρέξει, χρεώνεται την επιτυχία. Αν κι
εφόσον δεν βρέξει, εφευρίσκει λόγους για να του πληρώσεις κι άλλα.
Οι επαγγελματίες πολιτικοί λένε πως αν
πληρώσουμε φόρους και χάσουμε τις δουλειές μας θα σωθούμε από τη χρεοκοπία. Μένουμε άνεργοι και πληρώνουμε και τους φόρους. Αν κι εφόσον
δεν χρεοκοπήσουμε θα χρεωθούνε την επιτυχία. Αν κι εφόσον χρεοκοπήσουμε, θα μας
εξηγήσουνε γιατί πρέπει να παραμείνουμε άνεργοι και να πληρώσουμε κι άλλους φόρους.
"He rainmade you" από το The Wire, σεζόν 3, επεισόδιο 11
δείτε από το 1:36
Stringer: Somethin'
funny 'bout that?
'Cause
I look in the paper and I see all these federal grants comin' down
but
nothin' for B- and-B.
Levy: You're
expecting what?
Stringer: Payout. A
big payout for what we put in, man.
Federal
dollars on them Howard Street rehabs.
Levy: You
gave money up front?
Stringer: 250,000,
yep.
Levy: To
Clay Davis.
Stringer: How
you know?
What
you sayin'?
He's
runnin' game?
Naw, hell no, he ain't that brazen.
Levy: Lemme
guess.
He
told you about the faucet.
Or
was it the goose that laid the golden egg?
You
ever actually meet the man?
Did
you ever actually see any of your cash reach anyone in authority?
Stringer: Yeah,
I met the guy at the federal building.
Yeah,
I met him.
Levy: Yeah,
what office?
Stringer: He
came down to the lobby.
Levy: (he laughs)
He
rainmade you. A guy says if you pay him, he can make it rain.
You
pay him.
If and when it rains, he takes the credit.
If
and when it doesn't, he finds reasons for you to pay him more.
Clay
Davis rainmade you.
Stringer: Naw,
man, he got them building permits in no time at all, man.
I
mean, we bribing these motherfuckers.
He
got the city contractor's money back.
Levy: How
much?
Stringer: 35,000
so far.
Levy: On
a quarter million you gave him?
Stringer: It's
for bribing the motherfuckers.
Levy: There
are no bribes!
You
really think a state senator is going to
risk his salary and his position
by
walking into a federal office with a briefcase full of drug money?
Stringer: I
seen Chunky... Chunky Coates.
Levy: Chunky
Coates gets his grant money same way everyone does.
He
fills out applications, he makes sure the plans meet spec,
then
he prays like hell.
This
is an old game in this town, and Clay Davis?
That
goniff was born with his hand in someone's pocket.
I
just wish you'd have run it by me sooner.
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