Construction companies can start making donations to politicians and making back door deals so they get awarded the contract.... Can be political outreach.... To the companies. This is my understanding of how it works for large projects in some states in the US.
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Oh. This article is about Japan but I suppose this could be the case here as well. You line the pockets of your buddies and they secure a juicy position for you. Or some other under the table deal.. or like you said, political kickbacks. I wouldn’t discount stupidity either.
