Blackstone Code

"We need more public support!"

In the President's Office, Mr. President's voice is slightly louder than before. He has repeatedly emphasized the need to strengthen the power of public opinion.

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

There is a reason why Mr. President can be angry. He is a good old man, or so it seems.

You smile every day, and even if you make him angry, he won't say or do anything outrageous. He will only regard your behavior as one of your immature manifestations.

But this time, he was really angry.

He has a habit.

Most people have some habits that they may not be aware of, such as liking to go to the toilet after getting up, even if they don't really want to go to the toilet.

Or they like to drink a glass of cold water or hot water after eating. Who knows what their reasons are, but it is just a habit.

It takes a long time to develop a habit. Until you have become accustomed to this habit and can no longer feel what you are doing, this is a real habit.

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. Outside the bedroom where he lived was the most beautiful place near Bupen.

Every morning, people wake up from the confusion, open the window

It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine such comfort!

When the windows are pushed open, the fresh air in nature is filled with mist, as if you are in a secret realm.

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 kept doing it.

until……

Two days ago, the President woke up from his sleep. His face showed the contentment of a high-quality sleep. He wore pajamas, walked to the window, and opened the window as usual.

The windows of the Presidential Palace are very impressive. After all, the president of the Federation lives here, not a clown.

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

However, these glass windows use very high technology, and it is not difficult to open or close them.

Mr. President opened the window, and then...

It is said that a dark thing 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 piece of shit, and the person who threw the shit had already caught it. He used a small sling-like thing to throw a big piece of shit at the Presidential Palace.

And then this shit happened to land on the window.

When he opened the window, shit fell.

During this period, as Pengeo began to recruit troops, the Federation also began to prepare for war.

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

The federal government intends to lower the tax threshold to about 60 percent and increase the tax rate to 75 percent.

In other words, in the past, a worker living in Bupain 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 a tax of about 240 to 300 yuan.

More than half of their wages have to be paid in taxes, which is unaffordable for many people.

Life was already so unsatisfactory to begin with, and now that I have to pay the money, it will be difficult to persist in this life.

People are naturally so angry. They go on strike, march, demonstrate, and even throw shit at the presidential palace, but this cannot change the attitude of Mr. President.

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

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

"And we need to let them know that Pengeo has now entered a state of war. Except for what is necessary for living, all the salary received by everyone has been turned over to the national treasury!"

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

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

Some people also raised some other opinions, "Mr. President, if we impose too high taxes, what will happen to people's lives?"

"And what about their emotions?"

"After all, they gave us so much money, and many people...cannot accept it."

The speaker was a member of the cabinet. Mr. President had been in office for three and a half years. He had gone through the initial unsatisfactory period. In addition, he had just suffered some blows, and now he was full of anger.

"I put you in this position to tell me, 'Everything is done, Mr. President,' not to tell you, 'I can't do it, Mr. President.'"

"If you feel you are wronged or it is difficult to do this, you can submit your resignation letter to me."

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

But... 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 made him very unhappy. He was not a heartless person, and he was also deeply angry when he was frustrated in front of capital.

But he is the president, and the most important thing for a president is to be able to endure it. If you endure it for 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 understood why people wanted to be tyrants and dictators, because... it felt so good.

He is not worried that this official will actually submit a letter of resignation, because he is the spokesperson of a certain consortium. He is not standing here on behalf of himself, he represents the consortium.

If he dares to submit his resignation letter today, he may break out of mental illness tomorrow and be imprisoned in a mental hospital, and then disappear quietly.

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

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

He glanced at Mr. Trueman, who immediately took the subject away from the President.

"It's just that simply raising the tax rate is indeed a bit unbearable for everyone. We have studied the approaches of Gaevra and Pengeo, and now we have given three options."

Going from one option to three options is actually a compromise, but at least it's not that ugly.

People began to listen attentively, and 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 Pentio and his allies, they barely paid people during the war."

"And we not only give out, but we actually give out quite a lot."

"Then the first option is to subscribe for war bonds. If an individual subscribes for more than 10,000 yuan in war bonds at one time, they will be taxed according to the non-war tax rate."

"The second option is to send at least two soldiers from the family to join the army for training. The tax rate can be reduced by a part, and it can still leave them with about 40 percent."

"The third way 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 military 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 10,000 yuan in order to be exempted from the temporary increase in taxes.

Note, this is an individual and does not represent the entire family.

However, for the current social system of the Federation, it almost represents the whole family, because most families have one person working alone.

Although you won’t make money when buying bonds, at least you won’t lose much money, but taking 10,000 yuan in one go is too much, and most families can’t afford it.

The second option... is to send your family members to serve in the military. I'm afraid fewer people will choose it.

This is not soldiering in peacetime, this is wartime, and war will break out at any time!

Once a war breaks out, all soldiers will be sent to the battlefield.

The First World War seems like just yesterday. People can see from documentaries and war movies that human life is not worth a penny in war!

People are very insignificant, not heroes, they can’t even save themselves!

Sending the men in your family to war is no different from sending them to die, and people won't choose it.

As for the third option, militarized management, this can drive people who advocate freedom crazy, making them even less likely to choose it.

Then it seems that all that is left is to pay taxes honestly.

After Mr. Trueman 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, okay, now I’ll give you a choice, and there are three at once.

If you choose none of the three and still don’t pay taxes, then this is not the federal government’s problem.

Sure enough, Mr. Trueman added, "If anyone is still dissatisfied with these new conditions, let the tax office talk to them..."

"The attitude of Mr. President and I is the same. All media, whether they are from our side, the Conservative Party, the Socialist Party, or some capitalists, must stand on our side and stand on our side at this time. superior!"

"This is no joke!"