&gt; The potential problem is that now you&#x27;ve created one of those loophole things. Now publically bribe the official n&#x2F;105 of what you actually want, and it&#x27;s totally legal!<p>That would still reduce the influence by &gt;95% because you have to pay 105x and the politician only gets 5x.<p>The actual problem is that if a politician is known for reporting bribes then they won&#x27;t be offered any, so taking 1x every time is still more profitable than taking 5x once.