I think rich was thinking and acting very impulsively.. the thought of taxing pop and making more money took over his common sense..greed clouded his judgement... he was probably thinking fuck it i can make X amount more per bird off pop and since he's in D.C. He will never find out.. bad move cause po did find out.. crazy how a lot of these street guys mob related or not can't resist the quick cash even if In the long run it's a horrible idea. I always tell people it's a marathon not a sprint. /so make smart decisions that are going to pay off long term instead of always going for quick easy shit... think about it if rich would have just been straight up with alpo in the long run he would have ended up making more money and still been alive...