Blackstone Code Chapter 826: Members
Mayor Langdon... no, he should be called Congressman Langdon now.
Through a series of political exchanges, Mr. Langdon finally got his wish to become a member of Congress.
This is a not-so-calculable change, and it's hard to say whether such a result is appropriate.
From the perspective of controlling power alone, the power of the mayor is obviously much higher than that of the members of Congress.
It may sound unrealistic, but that's exactly what's really going on in federal politics.
A mayor holds most of the power in a city.
He can ask the chief of police to act according to his own ideas, he can ask the militia to follow his command when necessary, and he can formulate the direction and urban planning for the future development of a city of hundreds of thousands of people.
The fate of hundreds of thousands of people, their joys, sorrows and sorrows are firmly in the hands of the mayor.
When he tried to make people unhappy, everyone would cry.
When he wants to make people happy, everyone laughs loudly to meet his wishes.
What does a congressman have?
Nothing, except for voting in Congress, their work is related to committees, but even in these committees, it is not a member of the parliament who has the final say.
A lot of councillors vote and decide who to listen to.
They can formulate regulations and policies that affect the political landscape of the entire country and even the world, but this is expressed in the form of "whole".
Narrow the lens down to individuals, who actually don't have that much power.
Not only do people not necessarily respect them, but sometimes some angry people will rush in front of them and point their noses at them and swear a few swear words in response to them passing something that may seem like a summer festival blah blah blah proposal.
Being a member of Congress may not seem like a good idea, but why does everyone like being a member of parliament?
On the one hand, the positions of mayor and governor are too few after all, and they are firmly held in their own hands by the two major parties. Not everyone can become a mayor, and the ability to network and funds are indispensable.
Second, councillors make more money than mayors.
If there is a large amount of funds from the mayor, it is very likely to alert the internal affairs department and the anti-duty crime investigation bureau, but the parliamentarians are different.
As long as each session begins, sitting in the stairwell of the Capitol, there will be staggering sums of money poured into MPs' accounts in various legal ways without affecting themselves .
What they're going to do won't even get them a reproach of conscience - just cast an inconsequential vote when necessary.
Whether it is against, in favor or abstention, as long as it meets the requirements of the capitalists, they will not be stingy with the money in their pockets.
Landon, who has just been promoted as an assistant, is actively developing his contacts, and he has served the old congressman for a long time.
In the end, the old congressman had to leave the job he loved because of his health, and nominated his assistant, Langdon, to take his place.
In addition, Langdon got support from the governor and the party through the exchange of interests, so after a fair and fair vote for this position, everyone recognized Langdon's ability to work and made him the new congressman.
Everyone chooses him because of his outstanding personal ability. There is absolutely no black box operation, and everything conforms to the rules of the Federation.
From his first day in office, Langdon felt the importance of this job and the heavy weight on his shoulders. He vowed to guard this position for the rest of his life, serve the people of the Commonwealth, and serve the people of the Commonwealth. Old MPs learn...
Freaking out of the Capitol, Langdon was still thinking about a question he had talked about not long ago.
The Duncan family is blowing their whistle on a proposal called the Overseas Security Act.
Langdon hasn't read the proposal, but he has felt the sincerity of the Duncan family.
In a style full of written language - the Duncan family!
Just by blowing the wind, the foundation he holds shares has achieved a profit. Although the money is not a lot, only 20,000 yuan, but this means that they are not short of money, and they are not afraid to spend money.
This is the first time Langdon has seen the lavishness of giving money before something is done, or even a statement.
People say Congress is the back garden of the capitalists. Langdon didn't quite understand it when he was mayor down there. Now he understands.
Not only the back garden, but also the back garden of Sky City.
Thinking about these things, he got into his new car, a luxury sedan with a seemingly understated interior but a very luxurious interior.
He didn't spend a penny on the car, because he washed the dirty water that people poured on it for a business through a field survey not long ago.
Some people reported that a heavy industry had serious environmental pollution and that the sewage did not meet federal standards.
Landon paid attention to the incident immediately and conducted a thorough investigation.
In the end, it was determined that this was a malicious report, and there was no pollution. When the reporters of the TV station held up their cameras and cameras, they filmed the factory manager scooping a glass of water from the sewage outlet with a cup and drinking it, people believed it. .
There are always some people in this society who hate the rich. They always feel that this is an injustice in the world, so they will abuse some of the supervision power given to them by society.
Fortunately, Congressman Langdon found the truth and showed it to the public, which kept the company from being affected.
As a thank you, the business donated a cheap car to Mayor Langdon for all he did for the people.
There is no money right transaction involved, and the ownership of the car actually belongs to the company, they gave at least the right to use it, and lo and behold, everything is legal.
The car quickly merged into the traffic, and he was thinking about something while driving.
It was past four o'clock in the afternoon when he returned to his mansion.
That's what a congressman's job is all about, time allocation is up to the individual, and the place of work is free.
As soon as he got out of the car, he saw the car parked next to him with a man he knew very well, Lynch.
"You didn't tell me you were coming!", Senator Langdon was very happy when he met Lynch. In his eyes, Lynch was also a big capitalist and one of his partners.
Adding to his good personal relationship with Lynch, Lynch's surprise visit is not unacceptable.
Lynch greeted him, shook hands, and entered Senator Langdon's house together.
This is a single-family house located in the upper city of Bupen, with front and rear gardens, a swimming pool and half a basketball court, covering an area of about 600 to 700 square meters.
The price of this house is not cheap, but it is the same for members of Congress. There will always be a way for real estate developers to give the house to those important people for almost no money.
For example, "lottery draw", such as "model house that no one has visited", such as "participated in an auction with only one person"...
They have a way to solve these problems, so these politicians living in mansions of hundreds of thousands and millions are not news in the eyes of the Commonwealth.
It's news that they don't live in those mansions, and if there's a congressman living in a cheap roadside apartment and wearing popular brands, people just think it's a **** show!
"Sit down, would you like something to drink?", as soon as the two entered the room, a maid came to help them undress and pack up.
This is a forty-year-old maid, not good-looking, old-fashioned, and very ordinary.
Members of Congress are privileged in many ways, and can enjoy various benefits that people know or don't know about, but they also strictly abide by some rules that ordinary people don't need to do.
For example, "keep your family safe and make family members seem very harmonious."
So even if those MPs live in houses with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, they will not hire young and beautiful female servants to cause trouble for themselves, they will hire some middle-aged women from poor families to work, By the way, you can also earn some praise from people.
Lynch looked around for a while ~IndoMTL.com~ before sitting on the sofa, "Whatever, bar!"
It was warm in the room, Langdon sat down with a glass and a bottle of wine, "I've been wanting to talk to you, but you're always busy, and so am I, it's not that you're not in Bupen, It's just that I'm not here, and it looks like I'm lucky today."
He handed the glass to Lynch, and the two clink and take a sip.
"I'm here today to ask you something, do you know the Overseas Security Act?"
Landon was a little surprised, "You know this too?" He said, walking to the side of the cabinet, carrying his briefcase over, took out a document and handed it to Lynch, "Maybe you That's what I was looking for."
Lynch said thank you, took the file and read it.
Mr. Geruno was obviously reluctant to go into the details of the proposal during the conference call. In their words, those who are able to know will know without them having to say it, and those who are not qualified to know. No need to know.
This is also a way of screening. After all, in addition to some big forces in the entire joint development company, there are also many speculators and small forces. These people can't get into the eyes of big people.
Lynch opened the document in his hand and looked at it carefully.
The content of this document is not much. The core is that Jeruno and some members believe that the Federation is not actively sending troops overseas to protect the safety of businessmen when they do business.
Life safety, and property safety.
Of course they didn't mean to blame the federal government. After all, the image of the federal government in the world is relatively positive.
Businessmen want to protect their own safety overseas by building their own armed forces.
These armed forces are illegal in the federal territory, but when operating overseas, they should be recognized by the federal government, and the federal government and the military should also provide assistance when necessary...