Chapter 1492: Rome or mules and horses (first update, please subscribe)
The phantom before the glorious collapse!
There are too many such phantoms in this world - and not just the Soviet Union.
For example, Latin America in the 1980s and Southeast Asia in the 1990s seemed to have dreamed of one day becoming a developed country like Western Europe and the United States.
But the cruel reality told them...that was just a dream!
Why do dreams fail?
It is not just the harvesting of the power of Western capital, even if Western capital deliberately wants to harvest, if they do not create an environment "suitable for harvesting", then Western capital will still not be able to completely harvest.
Essentially, whether it was the Soviet Union, Latin America, or Southeast Asia, they all had their own problems.
That night, Li Yian once again studied the National Income Doubling Plan. More than ten years ago, it was this income doubling plan that allowed everyone to share the dividends of development and laid the foundation for today's consumer-oriented society.
All methods to stimulate consumption are essentially putting the cart before the horse. Without money, there will be no consumption. With money, consumption will come without stimulation.
"Humans are the laziest animals in the world. In order to hunt more labor-savingly, human beings invented bows and arrows and javelins. In order to make farming more labor-saving, they invented agricultural tools. In order to weave more labor-savingly, we invented the textile machine, and then the steam engine, Trains, cars..."
Leaning on the back of the chair, Li Yian looked at Tian Yongzhe in front of him and said:
"So, no one will have to endure hardship. The key is to increase income."
"Your Excellency, there is absolutely no need for us to launch the National Income Doubling Plan again."
Tian Yongzhe, who is the Special Agent in charge of the Ministry of Labor, is not an official from a government official. As a career bureaucrat, he has been working in the Ministry of Labor for many years. From the local branch office to the central office, from the section chief to the executive director, and then to the special agent, he is a typical technical figure. professional bureaucracy.
In fact, this is also the characteristic of officials here - technical officials.
"Oh? Why?"
"Your Excellency, the result of the implementation of the National Income Doubling Plan is that the actual average annual growth rate of gross national product and national income has reached 12.6% and 12.5%. In other words, in fact, the growth rate of people's income and the economic growth rate are very balanced. ”
The balance is essentially the same - everyone benefits from development!
And this is what Li Yi'an is proud of, because there has never been a situation where the company makes money, the boss gets rich, and the workers' income does not increase at all.
It is precisely because people's income continues to increase that the foundation of a consumer society has been established, and what Li Yian wants now is just to further solidify this foundation.
"What about last year?"
Li Yian asked back:
"What was the growth rate of national income last year?"
“Your Excellency, the GDP growth rate last year was 14.6%, although the national income growth rate was only 10.6%.
But we cannot maintain this growth rate for a long time, and the minimum wage standards set by the Ministry of Labor are based on normal economic growth, and we must take into account the interests of enterprises, and their equipment also needs to be upgraded.
After all, the production equipment of those companies were all purchased in the 1950s, and a considerable part of the company's equipment is even from the 1930s.
This also means that enterprises need to update equipment. Excessive salary and welfare expenses will limit the development of enterprises. If the skin is gone, how can the hair be attached? ”
Facing Tian Yongzhe's rebuttal, Li Yian fell silent. He immediately nodded in agreement:
"Youchu, you are right. Enterprises' salary and welfare expenditures cannot be at the expense of the enterprise. This is a basic principle. Otherwise, in the long run, the entire economy will be hit hard."
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This is like another world where the American automobile industry is in decline. Basically, Americans are trying to kill their own automobile industry.
At that time, the United States was facing severe environmental problems in the 1970s, and then the first "Muskey Act" was passed, which directly slapped all car companies to death with automobile exhaust vehicle certification.
When American automobile companies were tortured by exhaust emission environmental protection requirements, the American Automobile Association imposed unrestricted conditions on the companies and even set up a job relief agency.
If the factory closes down, workers can stay here and do whatever they want, including reading newspapers, drinking coffee, and chatting, but they can still receive 95% of their wages from the parent company. In the end, every worker who works has to bear the responsibility. It’s the cost of three or four people not working.
In the end, the three major auto companies couldn't stand the torment and had to move their production capacity out of the United States. Some companies couldn't stand the torment and went bankrupt, and the U.S. auto industry declined.
Well, in addition to this, unions are still hindering the development of industrial technology. Not to mention dock workers' rejection of automation, even workers in the American automobile industry are also opposed to automation. And this is not a new demand, it has always been there.
Therefore, everything is like this, too much is not too hasty.
"So what do you think about our revenue growth rate?"
"Your Excellency, in the past few years, the Ministry of Labor has teamed up with multiple research institutions to conduct an analysis of business operations and workers' income. Taking into account corporate profits and equipment losses, updates, etc., the income growth level should be the level of economic growth. 90%.
Based on considerations such as overall corporate profits and promotion of investment, the 80% level is a basic line. As long as this basic line is maintained, investors and companies can profit from it, and workers can also share in development dividends. ”
After thinking about it, Tian Yongzhe said again:
"Of course, we must ensure one thing, which is to limit the income growth of corporate executives and ensure the growth level of the income of ordinary employees. Only in this way can we ensure that everyone can benefit from it. If executives are allowed to swallow up development dividends , then ordinary employees are bound to become poorer and poorer..."
After saying these words, Tian Yongzhe looked at Your Excellency, thought about it and then said in a slightly lower tone.
"The Department of Labor exists to prevent this from happening."
"This is of course also the meaning of our work."
Li Yian nodded and said.
“Isn’t this what we are working hard to create here?”
While talking, Li Yian stood up, walked to the window, stared out of the window and said.
"Someone once asked...what do I want?"
After a slight pause, Li Yian said:
"Actually, what I want is very simple. All I want is that everyone here can live happily.
Here, everyone can achieve personal success based on their own abilities. ”
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After the words fell, Li Yian, who was standing by the window, stared out the window and fell into silence.
"Maybe this is a social experiment. Who knows?
Because mankind has never had such a society, and no one knows how to build such a society?
Any social experiment is cruel, because once it fails, it will be doomed. ”
Social experiments have always been cruel. Just like the Khmer one, de-urbanization directly, well, the degree of cruelty can only be felt by the locals.
It is the most realistic and cruel place in this society. No matter what social experiment idealists conduct, they will eventually pay a very heavy price.
In fact, this is also the biggest characteristic of idealists. They always replace reality with ideals.
Compared with those idealists, Li Yian is an idealist, but he is more of a realist.
As a realist, he knows very well what human nature is.
What is human nature?
The greatest characteristic of human nature is reality.
You cannot replace reality with ideals, paint an unattainable pie for everyone, replace reality with pie, and then indulge in reality.
To put it bluntly, you can talk about ideals, but the premise of ideals must be based on reality.
Just like Li Yian, he previously emphasized sharing dividends instead of directly denying the existence of dividends.
The dividends of development exist no matter what the circumstances. Just like steamed buns are real things, you can deny them and then embezzle the dividends by denying them.
But there will definitely be a price to pay in the end, whether it is the government or the company itself that embezzles the dividends.
Therefore, the choice of reality is to release the dividends, rather than denying the existence of development dividends, or using various excuses to cover up the reality that development dividends are occupied by the government or embezzled by a small number of people.
This is why he emphasizes revenue doubling.
It is because as a realist, he knows very well that there are only two possibilities for the dividends of development - either to be embezzled by the government or enterprises, or to be shared by ordinary people.
In this process, there is never a middle way. You can use various reasons and excuses to cover up all this for 10, 20 or even 30 years. But eventually, all problems will be exposed, and by that time, everything may develop out of control.
Like, South America and Southeast Asia in another world. They will either completely become a failed state, or the gap between rich and poor will go to one extreme or the other.
The risks of conducting any social experiment under these circumstances are understandable. However, this kind of experiment is inevitable.
After all, Li Yian hopes to build a new society.
"Whether it will fail or succeed, who knows? But I hope to build a society where everyone can truly succeed."
After saying this, Li Yian turned back to look at Tian Yongzhe, the head of the Ministry of Labor, and said:
"So, I hope you hope that everyone can work with me to achieve this goal."
Can this goal be achieved?
He didn't have the answer in his heart, but there was a voice deep in his heart that kept telling him that there was only one result in this experiment, and there was only one way to win.
If they fail, then what awaits here will definitely be a disaster. Just like the Big Brother who is thousands of kilometers away, it is not so much that they were pushed to the gallows step by step by Reagan, it is better to say that they sent themselves to the gallows!
(End of chapter)