The Train arrives to Beirut

While having a coffee on the terrace of a famous hotel, a Lebanese minister asks his American peer: “How do you steal from your people?”
The American Minister replies: “You see that big construction project in front of us?” To which the Lebanese nods back in approval. “This project is worth $100M but we reported that it needed $150M to be completed”
The smirk of the Lebanese minister urged his fellow to ask back: ” How about you? How do you steal from your people?” The Lebanese stands up and points to the horizon: “Do you see that gigantic construction project next to yours?” The American responds in astonishment: “No I dont see anything”. At that point the Lebanese exhales the last puff of his cigarette and continues with a smile: “This project, my friend, costed us $400M”

This might sound like a joke to a lot of people, but to a Lebanese citizen this anecdote represents a daily fact.

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