Not bribery, necessity. Anyone in the building business knows that to be the case. It’s called access to high-level decision making.
Learn something rather than acting like a pissy snit.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3420579/posts?page=42#42
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3420579/posts?page=46#43
Not “everyone” does it.