[HPforGrownups] Re: Weasley Poverty,

[Patrick Jarrett]

No: HPFGUIDX 123668

Unnamed speaker:
> 
> On the contrary, he excepts Quidditch World Cup box tickets for
> fixing a "problem" for Bagman. That IS a bribe.

Patrick says:

Definition:
- bribe, noun:   payment made to a person in a position of trust to
corrupt his judgment
- to bribe, verb:   make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

As I recall, he received tickets in thanks for handling of a
situation. So, if he received them post-action it is /not/ a bribe.
But If I am wrong and he received them, or promise of them, to
influence his action - then it is indeed a bribe.

If it is a bribe, I can't say I see it as proof that he would accept
other bribes. This is rather small, things like this happen among the
most 'honorable' of people in the MW at least.

Regardless, their poor wealth is, in my opinion, a gentle nudge at the
state of the government (both WW and MW) and the pay it offers many of
its 'non-essential' employees. And so it might be JKR prodding society
behind the pages of her story, or it might be simply an observation
she carried to the WW.

As with most government employees they make enough to live on and
aren't hurting when it comes to food or the necessities, it is the
'extras' in life.

-- Patrick