As a popular Polish libertarian politician (Janusz Korwin-Mikke) likes to say: "a government official will waste a billion to steal a million".
When I hear stories with some quote similar to "then the senator granted them the mining rights to an $800M mine on public lands for a 3-night stay at Sandals." I'm mad about the corruption, but I'm also mad at the politician for being dog shit at realizing how large their bribe should be.