blackstone code

Chapter 1329 Here's a chance for you

"We need more support from public opinion!"

In the President's Office, Mr. President's voice was slightly louder than before, and he repeatedly emphasized the need to strengthen the power of public opinion.

"I, don't want anyone to throw shit on my window again!"

There is also a reason to make Mr. President angry. He is a good guy, at least it seems that way.

Every day is a smile, even if you make him angry, he will not say or do too much, he will only take your behavior as one of your immature performances.

But this time, he was really angry.

He has a habit.

Most people have habits that they may not be aware of, like waking up to go to the bathroom, even if they don't really want to go to the bathroom.

Or like to drink a glass of cold water or hot water after eating, who knows what reason they have, but this is a habit.

It takes a long time to form a habit, and it is a real habit until you are so used to it that you can't feel what you are doing.

Mr. President also has his own little habit. He likes to look at the scenery outside the window after getting up in the morning.

When he was a child, he lived in a manor castle on the outskirts, and the bedroom he lived in had the best view near Bupain.

Every morning, people wake up from the muddle and open the window——

It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine such comfort!
When the window is opened, the fresh air in nature is surrounded by some mist, as if you are in a secret place.

The water vapor slowly stopped on the face, and the whole person seemed to be sublimated at this moment!

This also made him develop the habit of opening the window as soon as he got up, and he has persisted.

until……

Two mornings ago, Mr. President woke up from his sleep. His face showed the satisfaction of high-quality sleep. He walked to the window in his pajamas, and opened the window as usual.

The windows of the Presidential Palace are magnificent. After all, the President of the Federation lives here, not some clown.

The ceiling of the entire first floor is more than three meters high, as are the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

But these glass windows are so high-tech that opening or closing them is not difficult.

Mr. President opened the window, and...

It is said that a black mass fell on the ground in front of him. A staff member who was fired yesterday privately said that it fell on his face, but everyone knows that this must be nonsense.

It was a pile of shit, and the person who threw the shit had already caught it. He used something like a small catapult to throw a big pile of shit at the presidential palace.

And then this shit just landed on the window.

Shit fell when he opened the window.

During this time, as Penteo began to recruit troops, the Federation also began to enter a state of preparation for war.

Once it is time to prepare for war, the entire society should concentrate on serving the war, such as adjusting the tax rate.

The federal government intends to lower the tax threshold to around 60.00% in the past, and raise the tax rate to 70.00% in the past.

That is to say, in the past, a worker who lived in Bupain and could earn 420 yuan a month, about 120 to 170 yuan of this salary was used to pay various taxes and fees.

So now, they need to pay about 240 yuan to [-] yuan in taxes.

More than half of their wages have to be used to pay taxes, which is unbearable for many people.

Life was already so unsatisfactory, but now that the money is paid, it will be difficult to persist in this life.

People are naturally so angry, they went on strike, marched, demonstrated, and threw shit at the presidential palace, but this did not change Mr. President's attitude.

He knocked on the table vigorously, his eyes became less kind than before, and a little stern.

"We are facing a war that will change the pattern of the world, and we must make our people realize that if we cannot unite in this matter, then once the war breaks out, we will be destroyed."

"And we need to let them know that Peng Jieao has entered a state of war, and everyone's salary, except for the necessities of life, has been turned over to the treasury!"

"As for Gefla, their tax rate is higher than ours, but their people didn't complain, but actively cooperated!"

"We need this money, the country needs this money, and the cause of world peace needs this money."

Someone also made some other comments, "Mr. President, if we tax too high, what will happen to the lives of the people?"

"And what about their emotions?"

"After all they gave us so much money, many people are... unacceptable."

It was a cabinet member who spoke. Mr. President has been in power for three and a half years. He has passed the initial bad period, and he has just suffered some blows. Now he is full of anger.

"I put you in this position to tell me 'it's all over Mr. President', not for me to tell you what's waiting for you to tell me 'I can't do it Mr. President'."

"If you think you are wronged or difficult to do, you can submit a letter of resignation to me."

To put it bluntly, in fact, the fact that Mr. President got angry this time is not entirely because of the shit that almost fell on him.

Rather... Over the years, every time he wanted to do something he wanted to do, someone would jump out to make things difficult for him and stop him.

This makes him very upset. He is not a heartless person, and he is deeply angry when he is frustrated in front of capital.

But he is the president, and the most important thing for a president is to be able to bear it. If you bear it a little longer...everything will be fine!
This official represented the interests of certain capitalists. He said some very harsh words, and the anger in his heart dissipated a lot in an instant.

Now he understands why people want to be tyrants, dictators, because...it feels so good.

He was not worried that the official would actually hand in his resignation letter, because he was the spokesperson of a consortium, and he was not standing here on behalf of himself, he was representing the consortium.

If he dares to submit a letter of resignation today, tomorrow he may have a mental illness and be locked up in a mental hospital, and then disappear without a sound.

After being reprimanded by Mr. President, the official blushed and lowered his head, very embarrassed. In the end, he could do nothing but say "I see, Mr. President"

Mr. President tidied up his clothes, and then looked at the people from the Ministry of Finance and the Financial Supervisory Commission, "I discussed with some people before, this time our strategy will change."

He glanced at Mr. Truman, who then took the conversation from Mr. President.

"Just simply raising the tax rate is really easy to make everyone a little bit unbearable. We have studied the practices of Gefra and Penteio, and now we have given three options."

Going from one option to three is actually a compromise, but at least it's less ugly.

People began to listen carefully, and Mr. Truman continued.

"First of all, the tax rate will not change. This increase is actually very low compared to the increase in other countries."

"Like Penteo and his allies, they barely pay people during wartime."

"And we not only send out, but actually send out not too little."

"Then the first option is to subscribe to war bonds. If individuals subscribe to war bonds worth more than 1 yuan at one time, they will be taxed at the non-wartime tax rate."

"The second option is to send at least two soldiers from the family to enlist in the army for training, and the tax rate can be reduced by a part, leaving about 40.00% for them."

"The third way is to join the wartime work class."

"From now until the end of the war, we will arrange uniform accommodation, uniform work, uniform meals, accept militarized management, and carry out efficient production."

"After the war is over, all the money will go into the accounts of these people..."

There are three options. The first is to pay protection fees and subscribe for a one-time war bond of 1 yuan in order to be exempt from the temporary increase in taxes.

Note that this is an individual, not a family.

However, for the current social system of the Federation, it almost represents the whole family, because most families work alone.

Although buying bonds does not mean making money, at least it is not likely to lose money, but taking [-] yuan in one go is too much, and most families cannot afford it.

The second choice... is to send their family members to serve in the army. I am afraid that even fewer people will choose.

This is not a soldier in peacetime, this is a wartime, and war will break out at any time!
Once war breaks out, all soldiers will be sent to the battlefield.

The First World War seems to be just yesterday. People can see from documentaries and war movies that human life is worthless in war!
People are very small, they are not heroes, and they can't even save themselves!
Sending the men of the family to war is no different than sending them to their deaths, and people don't choose to.

As for the third option, militarized management, it can drive people who advocate freedom crazy, and they are even less likely to choose it.

So it seems that there is only one thing left to pay taxes honestly.

After Mr. Truman finished speaking for a while, all the gentlemen in the room understood that this is forcing people to pay taxes!

Look, you don't want to pay taxes, well, now you have a choice, and there are three at once.

If you don't vote for all three and don't pay taxes, then it's not the federal government's problem.

Sure enough, Mr. Truman added, "If there are still people who are dissatisfied with these new conditions, let the tax bureau talk to them..."

"My attitude is the same as that of Mr. President. All media, whether they are on our side, or the conservative party, the socialist party, or some capitalists, at this time, must stand by our side and stand on our side. superior!"

"This is no joke!"

(End of this chapter)