Wealth

v5 Chapter 581: About national welfare

Paul II’s ideas still played a role. He took the bronze triple crown passed down through generations, and then began to use the Vatican’s secret holy art to bless the bronze triple crown. It took more than two hours. Finally, the Holy Light in his body was exhausted, and then he stopped.

After that, Fan Wubing began to diagnose and treat him. Sure enough, his symptoms were much milder. Fan Wubing felt that two treatments would restore him to health, but in order to show his hard work, he delayed for a few more days. It was not considered the end of treatment until a week later.

Within this week, Paul II clearly felt that his physical condition had improved, and after a week of treatment, the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease had also completely disappeared. After a series of instrumental tests, it was proved by Paul II. Shi has been free from the troubles of Parkinson's disease, and his previous symptoms have also been significantly improved.

The two cardinals were very surprised when they saw such a miraculous medical technique, especially after the treatment was over, the Holy Light in Paul II's body began to slowly recover again, which made them feel a sense of peace in their hearts. Otherwise, if Fan is not ill. If you really are the spokesperson of the evil force, your majesty Pope is about to fall into the arms of the devil.

In that case, it will be a tragedy that will make the world laugh forever.

During this treatment, Fan Wubing also gained some gains, because he clearly discovered the biggest difference between the physiques of foreigners and Chinese, that is, foreigners’ thick lines, simple and thick meridians, so it’s easy to be affected by things like Captured by religious tools such as Catholicism, they become believers with pure beliefs, while the Chinese meridian system is more complicated, so it is more difficult to use religion to influence Chinese people, and it often requires a very complicated system of gods and sticks. , To be able to let the Chinese fall into it.

Moreover, Fan Wubing also conducted a more in-depth analysis of the so-called Holy Light, and found that this thing is similar to Neijia Zhenqi, but the structure is relatively simple, so ordinary Catholics can also obtain the Holy Light. Generally speaking, The simpler the thought, the easier it is to get more holy light. This principle is similar to the protagonist who is often stupid and blessed in martial arts novels.

After the analysis, Fan Wubing was also impressive. He found that his inner family zhenqi could imitate the holy light. Just using the vibration of the same frequency as the holy light to excite, he could transform the zhenqi in his body into extreme energy. Abundant holy light.

Therefore, after Fan Wuyi finished his treatment of Paul II, he deliberately showed the holy light on his body. As a result, the whole room was filled with milky white halo, which made Paul II and the two cardinals in red. The bishop was taken aback. It seemed that no pope in recent generations had ever heard of it, let alone seen it with his own eyes.

Everyone immediately thought of a term, Paladin.

Although there are so-called Paladins in the Vatican today, everyone knows that they are only inherited in accordance with history. In fact, they can only ride horses and fencing at best, not to mention the so-called holy light. Able to show the power of faith in the enemy.

It is said that during the Crusades, the Paladins still had this set of belief inheritance, but now, basically no one can say what the power of belief is?

At this time, Fan Wuyi suddenly showed his hand, which shocked everyone, but they felt that this was the power of the Lord, otherwise how could a Chinese suddenly possess such a powerful power of faith?

But no matter what, Paul II and the three people felt that this trip to China was not in vain. Not only did the disease healed, but also a Chinese with a strong "power of faith" was discovered, or The Lord’s guidance may also be.

Paul II and others did not stay in the capital much. Before leaving, Paul II presented Fan Wuyi with a Paladin Medal to thank him for curing his illness and explain to Fan Wuyi. This Paladin Medal is also a cultural relic medal that has been circulating for hundreds of years.

Fan Wubing was very interested in collecting these cultural relics. He also expressed his friendship to Paul II and invited them to his home. After experiencing the rich and diversified cooking methods of Chinese common dishes, Paul II and others found it very novel. Although the clergy wanted to ban their own sex, they saw that they could make such simple ingredients. They still expressed their admiration when they got all kinds of delicious food.

Fan Heng is not at home. He has left the capital and returned to Jiangnan Province. Otherwise, if he knows that the world’s largest **** stick is a guest at home, I guess there will be a little entanglement in his heart, especially this god. The stick actually still has a long-term stance.

In any case, Fan Wubing has gained a lot this time, and he has also demonstrated his strong strength in the social circle. Even the Pope of the Vatican can be captured as Fan Ting’s wedding host. What else can’t be done. What about?

Paul II probably asked his men what to pay attention to when contacting Chinese people. He also brought gifts when he came to eat. It is not a very expensive thing, that is, they produce a lot of olive oil on the Italian peninsula. Things are often used in religious ceremonies, so bringing them by him seems very solemn.

After dinner, everyone sat down and started chatting. Without knowing what was going on, they talked about national welfare.

In recent years, in order to reduce the burden on the government, the Chinese government has introduced a policy of halting the distribution of welfare housing. At the same time, it has also promoted the socialization of public medical care. In terms of taxation, the introduction of the tax-sharing system has also greatly increased the total tax revenue. This has caused a question, what does the reduction of national welfare mean?

Regarding these issues, Paul II had also carefully studied these issues, so he said to Fan Wuyao, "The debate on the welfare state has a long history. For ordinary people, welfare is better than no welfare, so they all agree with the welfare state. . But for financial experts, they have an extra layer of thinking and raised a lot of doubts. The most basic question is, where does the money for welfare come from? Where is it used? Ordinary people always think that government money is its own. Sources, it’s always good to have money on oneself. In fact, the government does not create wealth, but consumes it. In the final analysis, the government’s money is collected from taxpayers. And the larger the government, the more it manages. The more things there are, the more money will be spent. Generally speaking, the government collects taxes from taxpayers and then uses them on taxpayers. It is a bit redundant. Moreover, letting the government collect more taxes will expand the government’s power. The situation of the country is not necessarily a good thing. Instead of taxing and returning, it is better to levy a little less tax. It can also save a lot of taxation costs and redistribution costs, and overall efficiency is improved. This is the main reason for opposing the welfare state. "

"I am also a little confused about this issue." Fan Wubing was not very clear about it, so he scratched his head and said, "I think the welfare state also has its drawbacks. It is advantageous, but in a sense, it can also be said to be raising lazy people, which also seems inappropriate."

Judging from the exact source of taxation and its exact destination, the welfare state is nothing more than a policy of income redistribution. Whether it is good or not depends on who the tax is collected from and to whom it is spent.

If it is recruited from the richer class and the poorer people are used, it corrects the excessive gap between the rich and the poor, and this kind of welfare may be good. But if the tax is levied from the general public and applied to the general public, this kind of welfare policy is unnecessary, because it does not change the income distribution, and what remains is only the bad side effect.

What's worse is that taxation from low-income people helps high-income people. It worsens income distribution and reduces efficiency. This undesirable side effect is that it changes the direction of people's efforts.

In a market economy, people strive to make money, that is, to create wealth. In the welfare system, people try to take advantage of the loopholes, hiding when paying money, and taking the lead when sharing benefits. It can be said that the direction of the struggle of the entire society has been distorted, from wealth creation to wealth distribution. People's power is used to offset each other's internal friction and cannot increase the wealth of the society.

Using taxpayers' money to help the poor also has similar problems, but poverty alleviation is necessary, and the side effects can be overcome by finding ways. While it is not necessary for the welfare of ordinary people, it is even more harmful to the welfare of the rich.

"According to most tax experts, the tax system in some countries such as yours is not conducive to the poor. In other words, the poor people pay more taxes than the rich in terms of their income. For example, 25 of the poor people’s income pay taxes. , While the rich only paid 18. This is because your country’s tax revenue is mainly related to the circulation of commodities, which is related to the consumption of the people. The rich’s consumption accounts for a low proportion of total income, and the savings account for a high proportion. On the other hand, for the poor, consumption accounts for a high proportion of total income. Therefore, the tax paid by the rich is lower than that of the poor in terms of the proportion of income." A cardinal next to Paul II is obviously in charge of the Vatican's economy for a long time. In matters of affairs, the reason for this is the right thing to say, "Personal income adjustment tax is used to correct the gap between the rich and the poor, but your country’s income adjustment tax does not have such an effect, because most of the rich evade taxes. In fact, this part The tax is mainly collected from the working class, and it has an anti-regulatory effect. To correct the distortion caused by this tax, we must find a way in the tax system. This is another big problem."

Fan Wuyin nodded. In fact, he also knew that what the cardinal said was indeed a matter, just like his company. Because he could enjoy various tax exemption policies, or through financial experts, he could reasonably pass legal means. Tax avoidance, so the money that can be saved every year from this aspect alone is a terrifying astronomical figure.

For most joint ventures or foreign-funded enterprises, the preferential policies and taxation policies they enjoy are basically eye-catching, and this has resulted in taxation policies for the poor to feed the rich.

Even if the tax policy is not distorted, there is still the issue of expenditure, that is, who is the government spending on welfare money?

If it is spent on ordinary people, taking the money from everyone before using it for everyone, it is just like what I said before, and if the money is taken from everyone’s hands and returned to everyone, there will be leakage. There are not only the administrative costs of taxation and redistribution, but also the corruption costs of corruption. For example, if everyone pays one hundred yuan, I am afraid that it will be less than ninety yuan, so this kind of welfare is not as effective as a tax reduction.

The cardinal continued to explain to Fan Wuyao, “If welfare expenditures are used for low-income people, such welfare is meaningful. But the target of welfare measures must be the lowest-income people, not the low- and middle-income people. Limited. Whose money should be used for, not for the lowest-income people but for the low- and middle-income people, and it is obviously unreasonable to ignore the most difficult people. Of course, how to confirm who is the lowest-income person? Very difficult. But the problem is often not the difficulty of confirmation, but the fundamental wrong direction."

Fan Wubing was a little confused~lightnovelpub.net~ but after thinking about it for a while, he realized something.

This is like the affordable housing system introduced later. Although the original intention was to help the people in difficulties solve their housing problems, in fact they did not help the most difficult people. It can be said that the affordable housing system is to help people who have already People with hundreds of thousands of dollars, they are obviously not the most difficult people. In contrast, migrant workers who go to cities to work are much more difficult than them. But they can't afford a house, so the policy to solve their housing should be low-rent housing, or a better way is to provide housing subsidies, let them find the best combination of spending money.

Paul II finally said, “When the stakes are clear, those who are in favor of the welfare state are those with lower incomes, and they are expected to benefit from the country’s welfare policies. Those who oppose are those with high incomes, because their incomes are Part of it is given to others. If a vote is taken by a show of hands, low-income people make up the majority, so welfare state recommendations are often easy to pass in parliament. Welfare policies can alleviate the gap between the rich and the poor and are beneficial to social stability. High-income people are not. There will be strong opposition. However, it is inevitable that some people in the society will use welfare policies to be lazy. Those who can work do not work and live on welfare subsidies. For high-income people, high welfare will reduce their enthusiasm for earning money, because the extra money will be given to others It took. The result is that the unemployment rate in society remains high, the creation of wealth is reduced, and the society is filled with lazy people. This is a side effect of the welfare state, and it is also a phenomenon that currently exists in the welfare state."