I tried this once but the layers of government you have to bribe becomes overly burdensome after awhile; first it was city planning officials, then the volunteer run “housing board” and associated nonprofits. Then there was a county restriction on vacation rentals that I had to talk to a sheriff to get around, a contribution to the governor’s re-election PAC, then the DOJ (and it’s not enough to bribe DAs anymore, you have to bribe FBI officials too). By the time I had bribed 48 layers of government bureaucrats I didn’t have enough money left to build my housing development. The system is broken.
The thought experiment is "What if it was legal to bribe city officials for matters involving their job, explore what would happen."