“A former U.S. Postal Service official has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting at least $40,000 in bribes to help a Maryland company receive $6 million in contracts,” according to the AP.
Unacceptable conduct, obviously, but in many ways the real scandal here seems to be the low price of the bribe. A talent agent takes 10 percent, even 15 percent of his services are consolidated with those of a contract lawyer. But this guy doesn’t have a 10 percent broker’s fee, he’s got a measley 0.667 percent commission.
