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The Art Of Red Taping: Government Fixers
Government fixing does not literally mean that something is being fixed or repaired. Government fixers are hidden in many different government agencies, others have sub fixers who act as front liners before being processed by the fixer itself inside a certain agency. The real work however, is driven by corruption. The process that run the art of red tape is governed by a culture of corruption - a culture that is accepted by the public as part of the system.
If you’ve experienced transacting in one government agency that lets you suffer from various queuing, complicated procedures, slow processing and a series of unnecessary and unrelated requirements that needs to be complied, then I am one who can …show more content…

As a government fixer, I earn financially in a competent way. Throughout the day, I roam around the vicinity and negotiate with the public. Similar activities are on the loose, there are government fixers that prefer to work underground rather than work at offices since a fixer earns higher compared to an office worker. I fell into this kind of work since I earn money in no time. I work with illegal government fixers since I have a family to …show more content…

It is inevitable. Those who opt to transact with government fixers seems to have one common reason, they become easily frustrated to deal with multiple government agencies in order to process one document and the slow delivery of each transaction. One would seemingly pay in excess of the actual fee rather than wait for several hours and even days just to process a simple transaction. Thanks to the ‘fixing’ jobs such as mine, which lets one customer have a relief from the hustle and bustle of the annoying and sometimes rude government

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