Blackstone Code

At 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Lynch arrived at the Capitol and was led by a guide into a very empty conference room.

At this time, the federal members of Congress were already sitting in their high seats——

The height of these MPs' seats is significantly higher than that of other seats. They say this is so that they can see everyone's attitude more clearly, but in fact many people think this is just a way for them to highlight their special status. symbol.

One is high and the other is low, which is very similar to the class differences in society.

There are always some people who shout freedom and equality, but they are superior!

There were not many people attending the hearing. This was not a public hearing and was not open to the general public.

Those who are able to attend and observe include, in addition to members of Congress, members of both parties, and some people who have been invited to observe.

And coming to attend this hearing, in a sense, is also a support for the person being initiated!

Therefore, even if some people know that there is such a hearing and have time to attend, they will not take the initiative to come to the scene.

They will wait until the hearing is over and ask other people for information to get the final result of the hearing.

When Lynch entered the venue, some people had already arrived, many of whom Lynch had never seen before.

However, regardless of whether they have seen him or not, whether they know him or not, they will all greet Lin Qi cordially.

Are they good people?

No, they are just respecting, even flattering, because of wealth!

Lynch found a relatively remote place to sit down. His attitude told others that he didn't want to chat now.

Sometimes people are stupid, but sometimes they are smart, and at least they know not to bother Lynch!

Later, more people came, including today’s protagonists.

The congressmen and a few guys who looked like capitalists were sitting on a high stage, and the congressman who proposed reforming the security system was sitting under the stage.

That's not a chair, that's just a stool without a backrest.

There was a square wooden table with four corners in front of him. It was a very cheap kind. The greasy little restaurants on the roadside liked it very much because it was cheap and durable.

The congressman does not look like a congressman at this time, but more like a criminal. He has to raise his head to see the "gentleman" sitting on the stage.

And the gentleman only needs to lower his eyelids to stare at him with a gesture that looks very contemptuous.

The person presiding over today's hearing is a congressman. Although he and the guys in the audience are both members of Congress, they seem to be standing on both sides of the abyss.

"Mr. Williams, we have noticed the proposal you submitted. Before voting on it, we have some things that we don't understand about it that we need you to explain to us."

"During the inquiry process, we will ask questions ending with 'yes or no', and you only need to answer 'yes' or 'no'."

“Only if we end a question with a non-specified answer, you may respond in the language of your organization, and we may ask you to stop speaking at any time.”

"any questions?"

Administrative intervention as a hearing is a very magical process. It is not absolutely neutral. It can be absolutely biased.

For example, when the purpose of holding a hearing is to focus on the proposal itself, then everyone will just go through the motions and ask some questions that may have been prepared for a week in advance. The respondent will give almost perfect answers, and then it will be over.

But if it deviates from the proposal, then it will cause great difficulties and even humiliation to the respondent!

Maybe this is what the federal people mean by freedom and justice!

Representative Williams nodded, "Yes, I understand..."

The congressman presiding over the hearing seemed to want to give him some color first, "Mr. Williams, you only need to answer 'yes' or 'no', we don't want to hear other expressions."

Representative Williams was a little embarrassed. He lowered his head and took a deep breath, "No, sir."

"very good……"

The congressman presiding over the hearing changed his expression and looked at the senator sitting in the middle. He put his hand on the microphone and whispered softly.

Then the senator nodded reservedly, turned over the document in his hand, unfolded one page, and turned on the microphone.

"Mr. Williams, I have read the proposal you submitted to Congress. I found some things in the documents you submitted that I cannot understand. These need to be explained clearly by you."

“The first point is that you propose to shorten the number of years for Social Security payments to ease the expenditure burden on the federal people.”

"I didn't find any explanation or amendments about the social security system itself in the proposal you submitted."

"Did you miss it, or are people still enjoying their current benefits and benefits after shortening the payment period?"

There was already a little sweat on Mr. Williams' forehead. He had actually read the proposal carefully. If the proposal had not come from Mr. President, he would not have submitted it to Congress even if he were killed.

This is a fucking bomb!

And it is very likely that it will only hurt yourself but not others!

If Mr. President had not promised to grant him amnesty if anything happened, he really wouldn't want to wade into this muddy water!

He swallowed and still lowered his head, "Sir, my idea is that they still enjoy the current benefits and treatment."

The senator's expression was serious, and he nodded, "But you propose that everyone within the rules pay ten years less, based on our current regional tax to federal tax, based on the minimum hourly wage law."

"Currently, there are more than 12 million and less than 13 million employed people who have completed payment of security funds for 20 years or more."

"As long as our annual social security expenditure remains unchanged, the related taxes will reduce revenue by 1.2715 billion. We will omit some of the latter figures."

"Have you considered that if your idea is implemented, we will have..." The senator glanced down again, "a fiscal deficit of 1.2715 billion?"

This is actually a very tricky question. What the social security system feeds back to society cannot be exactly consumed every year.

This social security fund has a special series of accounts to do this. There are specific statistics on the total ledger, last year's balance, or last year's deficit.

Judging from the current situation of the Federal Social Security Administration, there is actually a large balance every year.

The social security system mainly covers two aspects. The first aspect is medical expenditure. Since the federal government requires federal medical enterprises to retain some cheap commonly used drugs, the federal government's expenditure is actually not high.

Because those higher-priced drugs are not covered by the federal social security system, you can use a variety of newly developed special drugs, but the federal government will not pay for this part of the cost.

They only pay for cheap medicines.

It seems like a... strategy to fool the people, but it also protects the people's rights and interests. At least the medical group will not give up the cheap drug market worth hundreds of millions and billions every year.

If they are unwilling to give up, the public can continue to enjoy cheap and effective medicines.

The second part of the expenditure is the pension part. According to the current three-tier and three-level standards implemented by the federal government, basically all working classes buy the cheapest pension.

When workers retire from the factory and return home, they may not last long.

Judging from the current life expectancy trend of the federal working class, most of the federal working class will pass away due to various reasons in their sixties.

Injuries are a major part of it.

This is an era that still lacks labor protection. The rapid development of science and technology has made people unaware that some things are harmful to the human body.

At this time, most workers will have physical problems after they have passed their prime.

Except for a few people who can live to get back the security money they paid to the government with interest, most people actually cannot get it back.

Coupled with the continuous rolling revenue, the Social Security Administration has never had a deficit from its establishment to today!

But the senator is very unreasonable and believes that there will definitely be a deficit. This is also a way to embarrass others.

Representative Williams wanted to explain that he had also checked the information from the Social Security Administration, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was asked to answer "yes" or "no."

As for the rest, it wasn't his turn yet.

He could only say that he had "considered it."

According to normal thinking, the senator should then ask questions such as "So what do you think about it?" or "So can you explain to me how you make up for this part of the fiscal deficit?"

Let him speak clearly, because only in this way will the question be meaningful and valuable.

But this is a hearing that is biased towards capitalists, a hearing that is biased towards tens of billions of profits and taxes every year. It will not give Mr. Williams any opportunity for equal dialogue!

"You admitted that you knew there would be tens of billions of dollars in fiscal deficits every year, and you were honest."

The corners of the senator's mouth seemed to turn up, but if you look closely, you can't see anything. This sentence is not a good thing.

He then said, "Second question, if we pass your proposal according to the idea you proposed, and when it is officially implemented, what will happen if those workers who have paid for 20 years refuse to work after paying up?"

"Or they will replace their previous continuous work with intermittent work because they have met the conditions for lifelong enjoyment of the social security system and they can choose to be lazy."

"This will undoubtedly add a huge burden to society. When people are not active in work, start to be lazy, and start to enjoy the goodwill efforts of the federal government."

"Have you considered this?"