Chapter 1664 The attacking referee

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

At this time, the federal parliamentarians were already sitting in their high-ranking seats—

The height of these congressional seats is significantly higher than the height of other seats, they say it is to allow them to see everyone's attitude more clearly, but in fact many people think it is just a way of showing their special status symbol.

One is high, the other is low, very much like class differences in society.

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

There were not many people watching the scene. This was not a public hearing, and it was not open to ordinary people.

In addition to members of Congress, there are members of both parties, and some people who are invited to participate in the audition.

And to participate in the hearing of this hearing, in a sense, is also support for the sponsor!

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

They will wait until the hearing is over and ask for information from others to get the final outcome of the hearing.

When Lynch came in, some people had already come, and many of them had never been seen by Lynch.

But no matter who they have seen or not, who they know or who they don't know, they will greet Lynch cordially.

Are they good people?

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

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

Sometimes people are stupid, and sometimes they're smart, at least they know they shouldn't bother Lynch!

More people came later, including today's protagonists.

The congressmen and some fellows who looked like capitalists sat on the high stage, and the congressman who proposed reforming the security system sat down.

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

In front of him is a square wooden table with four corners, which is very cheap. The greasy little restaurants on the roadside like it because it is cheap and durable.

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

And the gentleman just needs to drop his eyelids to stare at him with a look of contempt.

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

"Mr. Williams, we have taken note of your proposal, and we have a few things we don't know enough about it that we need you to explain to us before we vote on it."

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

"You may answer in the language of your organization only if we end a question with a non-designated answer, and we may ask you to stop speaking at any time."

"any questions?"

The administrative intervention of the hearing is a very magical process, it is not absolutely neutral, it can be absolutely eccentric.

For example, when the purpose of the hearing is to favor the proposal itself, then everyone just goes through the motions, asks some questions that may have been prepared a week in advance, the respondent gives almost perfect answers, and then ends.

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

Maybe this is what the Commonwealths mean by freedom and justice!

Rep. Williams nodded, "Yes, I see..."

The Rep. presiding over the hearing seemed to want to give him some color first, "Mr. Williams, you just need to answer 'yes' or 'no', we don't want to hear anything else."

Rep. 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 to look at the senator sitting in the middle, his hand on the microphone, and he whispered softly.

Then the senator nodded reservedly. He flipped through the document in his hand, opened one of the pages, and turned on the microphone.

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

"The first of these is that you're proposing to reduce the number of years of Social Security contributions as a way to ease the spending burden on the federal people."

"I didn't find any clarification or amendments to the social security system itself in your proposal."

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

Mr. Williams has a little sweat on his forehead. He has actually read the proposal carefully. If this proposal hadn't come from Mr. President, he would not have submitted it to Congress if he were killed.

This is a **** bomb!

And it is very likely that it is a self-exploding bomb that will only injure itself and not others!

If Mr. President didn't promise to give him amnesty in case of accident, he really didn't want to go into this muddy water!

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva 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 under each rule pays 10 years less, based on our current regional tax to federal tax, calculated by the minimum hourly wage law."

"At present, there are more than 12 million and less than 13 million employees who have completed the payment of security contributions for 20 years or more."

"With our annual social security spending unchanged, the associated tax would reduce income by $271.5 million, and we omit the latter part of the figure."

"Have you thought about it, if it is implemented according to your idea, we will have..." The senator glanced down again, "A fiscal deficit of 1.2715 billion?"

This is actually a very tricky problem. It is impossible for the social security system to feed back to the society exactly every year.

This social security fund has a special series of accounts to do this. There are specific statistics on how much there is in the general ledger, how much the balance was last year, or how much the deficit last year.

According to the current situation of the Federal Social Security Administration, there are actually many surpluses every year.

The social security system is mainly in two aspects. The first aspect is medical expenditure. Since the federal government requires the federal medical enterprises to keep a part of cheap common drugs, the federal government's expenditure is not high in fact.

Because those higher-priced drugs are not covered by the federal social security system, you can use all kinds 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 rights and interests of the people. At least the medical group will not give up the hundreds of millions of billions of dollars in the cheap drug market every year.

They are reluctant to give up, and people can continue to enjoy cheap medicines with therapeutic effects.

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

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

According to the current trend of the average life expectancy of the federal working class, most of the federal working class will die for various reasons when they are in their 60s.

Injuries are a major part.

This is an era where labor protection is still lacking. The rapid development of technology has made people not aware that some things are harmful to the human body.

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

Except for a small number of people who can live to get back the security money they paid to the government with the principal and interest, most of them can't actually get it back.

Combined with rolling income, the Social Security Administration has never had a deficit since its inception until today!

But the senator is very unreasonable to determine that there will be a deficit, which is also a way to embarrass people.

Rep. Williams wanted to explain that he had also checked the materials of the Social Security Administration, but as soon as he spoke, he was asked to answer "yes" or "no."

As for the rest, it was not yet his turn to speak.

He can only say that he "thought about it".

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

Let him make it clear, because only in this way is this question meaningful and valuable~lightnovelpub.net~ But this is a hearing that is biased towards capitalists and a hearing that is biased towards tens of billions of tax revenue each year Yes, it will not give Mr Williams any chance of equal dialogue!

"You admit that you know there will be billions of dollars in deficit every year, and you're being honest."

The corners of the Senator's mouth seemed to be upturned, but if he looked closely, he couldn't see anything. This sentence is not a good word.

He went on to say, "Second question, if we pass your proposal according to the idea you proposed, and when it is officially implemented, those workers who have paid for 20 years refuse to work after the payment is full, what should we do?"

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

"This will undoubtedly add a huge burden to society, when people are not actively working, start to slack off, and start to enjoy the goodwill of the federal government."

"Have you thought about this?"