[SpaceLawnmower]

The alternative isn't a jump fee that goes to the government. It's no jumping at all.

[foxglacier]

Maybe that is ideal, but they are plenty of official jump fees that we don't think of as corrupt. In super-non-corrupt New Zealand, we can pay extra for faster processing of resource consent applications, passport applications, and visas. We can also pay a fee for a chance in a random draw for enrollment in desirable schools. Criminals can pay money to their victims in exchange for a chance at a lighter sentence.