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Originally Posted by wyndslash
then my dad comments that he thinks it's only natural for people to give gifts and the recipient to "help out"
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That is indeed a bribe.
Pervasive small scale bribery corruption inhibits the economy and encourages larger scale bribery and corruption.
http://www.africaeconomicanalysis.or...ondikehtm.html
http://www.transparency.org/ is worth a look too.