Honest Graft

In the book HONEST GRAFT, George Washington Plunkitt says there's a difference between honest graft and dishonest graft. What is this difference? Give examples of each. Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

Plunkitt in the first work, he explains the difference between honest and dishonest graft. To Plunkitt, dishonest graft includes activities such as extortion or theft of money from the treasury. Honest graft is also said Plunkitt best I saw my chance, and I took it. Examples of honest graft, Plunkitt tells how a friend told him outside the site of a new park that should be about proposed; therefore, he bought all the dirt cheap in the area, and if the city was to construct the park, hey had to buy Plunkitt out at the price he set. Moreover, argues that the construction of a bridge requires that land by the sea, it would be wise to buy while you cheap and sell them later at a much higher price in the city. “It also tells a funny story, where State granite blocks sold at auction for new entrants, so it goes in the auction and to convince other potential buyers who buys all the blocks, and that the certain amounts they need for free and save the rest for sale a fair market price” (Olson, pp. 12-28). When it came time to make an offer Plunkitt chosen to do and went with all the stock of only $ 2.50. The distinction that made by the George Washington Plunkitt about the honest graft and dishonest graft is true, as it makes the distinction between the honest and corrupt politicians.

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