blackstone code

Chapter 2137

There is a truth in federal politics——

No position is the best position!

If there was a man who stood his ground as much as he stood his side, he couldn't be on the stage in Congress!
What we want here is not a single-minded stickler, but a politician who can be flexible in the bottom line!

The "confidantes" who had started to vacillate because the speaker was about to resign and vote for the power that would be generated in their own hands, immediately stopped vacillating.

They are more aware of Slem's influence than others, because Congress is responsible for the annual federal financial appropriation!

Congress has budget review committees, which review individual programs, and appropriations committees, which are responsible for actually getting the money out, if the presidential palace doesn't intervene strongly.

Congress controls the state's spending power, which is one of the reasons why Congress is the highest stage of national politics!

No matter who you are, as long as you want to do something, whether it's for fame, for profit, or if you really want to serve the people in your jurisdiction, you must have money!
The state government has state-level taxation, which will retain part of it, but this part cannot meet their needs for urban construction.

The state government's tax revenue can only account for 20.00%30.00 to [-]%[-] of the total tax revenue, the rest is national tax, and of course a small part of local tax.

If a locality wants to develop rapidly, it must apply for a budget upwards.

For example, when Senator Landon was the mayor of Sabine, he once worked on a low-cost apartment project.

Real estate developers and the city government jointly finance the construction of low-cost apartments with relatively complete supporting facilities, and these low-cost apartments will be rented to the poor at extremely low prices.

Then 20 years later, the poor can buy out the property rights of their own houses at a very low price, which solves the problem that the poor cannot afford to rent houses.

However, real estate developers only contribute part of the project, and the city hall also needs to invest some "municipal funds" for its development and maintenance, as well as the construction of incidental facilities.

If the city hall pays the money by itself, it will hinder the progress of other projects, so it can only apply for funds layer by layer.

After layers of review, the state government felt that it was feasible and did not think the money was too much, so they could transfer the money to Senator Langdon.

But if the state government thinks the money is ... a little too much and they don't want to pay, then it will be reported to Congress.

The probability of this is actually not very high, but it does exist.

At that time, the Congress may send two or three members of the House of Representatives to come over to investigate on the spot, and think that this is indeed not a fraud of the national budget, and then after several meetings, the money will be transferred to the local administrative account.

Government agencies at any level are not stupid enough to think of applying for a new budget to their superiors after spending all their money in their pockets, so most of the time there are still a lot of applications from all over the country!
Congress controls the review of the budget and the actual allocation of funds, so they speak so loudly!
That's why they are so interested in Slem!

Once they can control the tax revenue of Slem and even the entire state, they can completely separate this part of the money from the treasury in the name of "Special State Management Committee"!
It is too easy for an institution that can submit bills and vote by itself, and where most people have the same interests, to do this.

Even if they can do this now, it's another matter for Catherine to ignore them.

They had tried to do that and failed, but now things turned around.

If Lynch is willing not to continue to support the leaders of special states, they may not be able to do what they want!

That is a region with hundreds of millions of billions a year, and even billions of tax revenues in the future!

Those who hold this huge tax expenditure power are tantamount to walking in front of others!
At first, the congressman, who seemed to care about the speaker, now had a sincere smile on his face, "We have worked together for so long, and I am relieved to hear that you have a good chance to go out."

Everyone knows that this sentence is hypocritical, but no one will burst the bubble of hypocrisy, because this is politics.

The speaker is also very clear in his heart, and at the same time he is happy for Lynch's proposal and his own decision. At least he doesn't need to worry about the embarrassing situation that these people will treat themselves as air after he leaves for a period of time.

He picked up a napkin and wiped his beard, "So we must be consistent in our positions. Mr. Lynch recommended the team leader to succeed us, and we have all had good cooperation experiences."

"We have a basis for cooperation and know each other very well, but we should stand together so that the whole process can be completed smoothly."

The change of power has never been as simple as he said, but that's all he can say.

The status of these people has changed again, and they have determined that not changing their positions can allow them to get more, and this benefit is continuous, so they will naturally not change their positions.

The silence of these people at this time was actually waiting for Lynch to offer them conditions.

They express the content of "if we do this, what good can you do us" in a silent way.

Lynch took over the topic at the right time.

"I don't know much about politics, but I'm OK with investing..."

There was a smile on everyone's face, from civilians to the federal seventh economy. Lynch's "understanding" was no longer just superficial.

He talked about the development of Slem, some changes in the market, and especially how important a stable Congress is to the Federation, to businessmen, and to the market!

"I don't have much to offer you. If you are interested in investing, we can find a time to chat privately."

"You will find that investing and making money is so simple!"

Lynch didn't seem to say anything, but he seemed to say everything. Only when the order in Congress is stable can their investment make money.

The others neither nodded nor shook their heads, but continued to remain silent. Such words are not suitable for speaking too clearly.

Something like "I'll give you money as long as you listen to me" will not happen in this class, they will not admit that it is a bribe, let alone agree to such a thing to happen.

To put it simply, even if Lynch put boxes of money in their trunks at this time, they would take it out and return it to Lynch.

The more you go up, the more you care about the "legality" of obtaining wealth, and these legislators have a good idea of ​​how to make money "legally".

Even if they only invested one yuan, but got one hundred million, it is also a matter of their investment vision.

Some people don't know much about it and listen to other people's investment experience, but they end up losing money when investing on their own.

In fact, it's not that those who have made money are wrong, it's just that they deliberately ignore some actual situations.

The next thing was very simple, they expressed their attitudes, and the team leader took the benefits promised by Lynch, and went to talk to them in private one by one.

The hunt ended in a very harmonious atmosphere. Everyone stayed in the camp overnight to get closer to nature. When Lynch got up the next day, these old men actually left earlier.

"How was the discussion last night?" Lynch sat at the open-air dining table.

The people from the hunting ground brought some "specialties", such as deer milk.

The food structure of the Federation and the breeding structure of farms and ranches do not have the habit of raising a large number of deer, so deer milk does not often appear on the table of ordinary families.

Deer milk is only served in some high-end restaurants.

There are herds of deer raised in the hunting ground, and the deer milk is collected by them in the early morning.

Lynch is not used to drinking deer milk, because its taste is hard to describe, but it is like a specialty of the hunting ground.

You don't have to drink it, but they won't stop serving it.

The team leader rubbed his face and sat not far from Lynch. He didn't know that the cup was deer milk, so he took a big gulp of it, and then weighed it for a while between spitting it out and swallowing it.

He finally swallowed with his eyes closed, and then put the cup far away from himself.

"It's okay, except for... everyone else is very cooperative with our ideas, only he is the exception."

The person mentioned by the team leader has his own ideas, or his request is not to get more money.

For Lynch, money is a string of numbers. If he just wants money, Lynch can give him a lot.

But what this man wants is not money, but a candidate for speaker.

The speaker of the Senate of the Congress is a full-time job, and logically speaking, there will be a deputy, but obviously there will be no "deputy speaker" or "assistant speaker".

But it is true that there is indeed a deputy, and that is the candidate for the speaker.

Before the voting begins, everyone is a candidate for speaker. When someone's vote exceeds 50.00%, that person becomes the speaker.

The candidate for the speaker who received the second highest number of votes among the candidates for the speaker who also lost the election is the candidate for the speaker.

The usual job of the speaker candidate is to help the speaker preside over the work of the Senate, and when the speaker is unable to preside over the work, take over the operation of the Congress as an "acting speaker".

This is a very special position. Generally speaking, if the speaker retires, the possibility of the candidate speaker becoming the speaker is very high.

Because other speaker candidates will not be higher than the candidate speaker in terms of work experience, personal connections, and influence on Congress.

This is why the change of power between the speaker and the group leader requires detailed planning.

Because if you are not careful, you may be replaced by the speaker candidate!

But now, this guy's idea is to get a higher congressional status, which is not an easy thing!

Because the number of candidates for the speaker itself is part of the transaction in the entire power change plan, and it is also the most important part!

You have taken the Speaker, and you still want to take the Candidate Speaker. This is obviously unruly behavior!
People don't like the excessive concentration of power in the hands of a certain person or a certain group, so this idea was impossible to realize from the very beginning!

(End of this chapter)