Blackstone Code Chapter 1330: This is your chance
"We need more public support!"
In the Office of the President, Mr. President's voice was slightly louder than before, and he repeatedly emphasized the need to strengthen his power in public opinion.
"I don't want someone to smash **** on my window again!"
There's a reason Mr. President can be angry, he's a nice guy, at least that seems to be the case.
Laugh every day, even if you make him angry, he won't say or do anything too outrageous, he will only take your behavior as one of your immaturity.
This time, he was really angry.
He has a habit.
Most people have habits that they may not be aware of, such as wanting to go to the bathroom after waking up, even if they don't actually want to.
Or like to drink a glass of cold water or hot water after a meal, ghosts know why, but it's a habit.
It takes a long time to develop a habit, until you get used to the habit and can't feel what you're doing, that's the real habit.
Mr. President also has his own little habit. He likes to look out the window after getting up in the morning.
When he was a child, he lived in an old manor castle on the outskirts of the country, and outside his bedroom was the best place near Bupen.
Every morning, people wake up in a daze and push open the window——
It's hard for ordinary people to imagine that kind of comfort!
When the window is pushed open, the fresh air in nature is filled with some mist, as if 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 when he got up, and he insisted on it.
Until...
Mr. President woke up from his sleep two days ago. His face showed the satisfaction of high-quality sleep. He wore pajamas, walked to the window, and opened the window as usual.
The windows of the Presidential Palace are very stylish. After all, the President of the Federation lives here, not a clown.
The height of the entire first floor is more than three meters, as are the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
However, the glass windows are so high-tech that opening or closing them shouldn't be difficult.
Mr. President opened the window and...
A black mass is said to have fallen on the ground in front of him, and a staff member who was fired yesterday privately said it fell on his face, but everyone knows it must be nonsense.
It was a piece of shit, and the person who threw it had caught it, and he used something like a small catapult to throw a big **** at the Presidential Palace.
Then the **** just landed on the window.
When he opened the window, **** fell.
During this period of time, as Penggio began to recruit troops, the Federation also began to enter a state of preparation for war.
Once war is to be prepared, the entire society should concentrate on serving the war, for example, by adjusting the tax rate.
The federal government intends to lower the tax threshold to around 60 percent of the previous level and increase the tax rate to 75 percent of the previous level.
In other words, in the past, a worker who lived in Bupen and could earn 420 yuan a month, this salary was about 120 to 170 yuan, which was used to pay various kinds of taxes.
Now, they need to pay between 240 yuan and 300 yuan in taxes.
More than half of their wages are taxed, which is unbearable for many people.
Life has been so unsatisfactory in the first place. Now that I pay the money, it will be difficult to continue this life.
People are naturally so angry, they strike, march, demonstrate, and throw **** at the presidential palace, but that doesn't change Mr. President's attitude.
He tapped the table hard, and his eyes were not as kind as before, but rather severe.
"We are facing a world-changing war, and we have to make our people realize that if we don't come together on this, we'll be devastated if war breaks out. "
"And we have to let them know that Penggio has now entered a state of war, and everyone's salaries, except for what they need to live, are all turned over to the state treasury!"
"And Gafra, their tax rate is higher than ours, but their people don't complain, but actively cooperate!"
"We need this money, the country needs this money, and the cause of world peace needs this money."
Some other comments were made, "Mr. President, what happens to people's lives if we tax too much?"
"And what about their emotions?"
"After all, they gave us so much money that a lot of people were... unacceptable."
The speaker is a member of the cabinet. Mr. President has been in office for three and a half years. He has passed the initial unhappy period, plus he has just suffered some blows, and now he is full of anger.
"I put you in this position to tell me 'everything is done, Mr. President,' not me telling you what to expect, waiting for you to tell me 'I can't do it, Mr. President.'"
"If you feel aggrieved or difficult to do, you can send me a letter of resignation."
It's very rude, in fact, it's not all about the **** that almost fell on him this time, Mr. President's anger.
But... over the years, every time he wanted to do something he wanted to do, someone would jump out to embarrass 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 the president is to be able to endure, to endure a little longer... everything will be fine!
This official represents 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 is not worried that this official will actually submit his resignation letter, because he is the spokesperson of a certain consortium, he is not standing here on behalf of himself, he is representing the consortium.
He dared to submit a letter of resignation today, and tomorrow he may have a mental illness and be imprisoned in a mental hospital, and then disappear quietly.
Being reprimanded by Mr. President, the official blushed and lowered his head, very embarrassed, but in the end he couldn't do anything but say "I see, Mr. President"
Mr. President tidied up his clothes, then looked at the Ministry of Finance and the Financial Regulatory Commission, "I have discussed with some people before, this time our strategy needs to be changed."
He glanced at Mr. Trueman, who immediately took the conversation away from Mr. President.
"Just simply raising the tax rate is indeed easy to make people a little bit unbearable. We have studied the practices of Guevla and Pengio, and now we have three options."
From one option to three options, it's really a compromise, but at least it's less ugly.
People began to listen carefully, Mr. Trueman continued.
“First of all, the tax rate will not change. This increase is actually very low compared to the increase in other countries.”
"Like Pengio and his allies, they barely paid people during the war."
"And we not only post, we actually post a lot."
"Then the first option is to subscribe for war bonds. If individuals subscribe for more than 10,000 war bonds at one time, they will be levied at the non-war tax rate."
"The second option is to send at least two soldiers from the family to enlist in the army for training. The tax rate can be reduced by a part, and it can still leave them with about 40% appearance."
"The third option is to join the wartime work class."
"From now until the end of the war, we will arrange unified accommodation, unified work, unified meals, accept militarized management, and carry out efficient production."
"After the war, all the money will go into the accounts of these people..."
Three options. The first is to pay protection fees and subscribe for a one-time war bond of 10,000 yuan in order to obtain exemption from the temporary increase in taxes.
Note that this is an individual, not the whole family~IndoMTL.com~ However, for the current social system of the Federation, it almost represents the whole family, because most families are working alone.
Although buying bonds is not about making money, at least it won't lose much money, but taking 10,000 in one go is too much, and most families can't afford it.
The second option... is to send family members to serve in the army. I am afraid that fewer people will choose.
This is not a soldier in peacetime, this is a time of war, and war will break out at some point!
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 films that human life is not worth a penny in war!
People are small, not heroes, and can't even save themselves!
Sending the men of the family into battle is no different than sending them to death, and people don't choose.
As for the third option, militarized management, this can drive freedom-lovers crazy, and they are even less likely to choose.
Then it seems that the only thing left is to pay the tax honestly.
After Mr. Trueman had finished speaking for a while, all the gentlemen in the room understood that this was forcing people to pay taxes!
Look, you don't want to pay taxes, well, here's your choice, and three at a time.
If you choose none of the three and don't pay your taxes, then it's not a federal government problem.
Mr. Truman added, "If anyone is unhappy with these new conditions, let the tax office talk to them..."
"My attitude is the same as Mr. President. All the media, whether they are on our side, the Conservative Party, the Socialist Party, or some capitalists, must stand on our side at this time. Where we stand!"
"This is no joke!"