Is Chapter 241 finished? It's my turn!
"Director David, you don't need to thank me. As a member of Congress, reminding the general public to pay taxes is actually within the scope of my responsibilities."
Looking at Pipps This appearance of a bad guy made everyone in the IRS system a little bit more angry. At this moment, a sneer appeared on the corner of David's mouth. How happy Pips is dancing now, he will be miserable later!
"Now that Director David has explained the issue of tips for human rights organizations, let's change the topic."
Pips picked up a briefcase placed under the table. He took out a piece of information and said: "It has been almost three months since the Black Tax Act was passed on December 3, 2021. Although your Internal Revenue Service has not announced the specific tax revenue amount, I have passed various tax receipts. I have learned about the relevant channels, and the total amount of money deposited is about 12-15 billion US dollars, right? ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the senior officials of the IRS system, especially the DC General Administration, all looked tense because they had heard that Pips was going to make a fuss about the tax amount next.
"According to regulations, the specific tax amount of the black tax bill will not be officially announced until the end of this year, so I don't need to answer this question now."
"It doesn't matter if you don't answer. "
Pips raised the document in his hand and continued: "As I said, I learned the approximate data from various sources. Our total national tax revenue in the United States last year was 3.422 trillions of dollars, including personal income tax (accounting for 22.1%), social security tax (accounting for 33.5%), corporate income tax (accounting for 7.6%), consumption tax (accounting for 17.5%), property tax (accounting for 1.4%) and other taxes (accounting for 17.9 %)..."
"According to the requirements put forward by the Congressional Black Tax Bill Committee at that time, the share of the Internal Revenue Service's black tax bill needs to be more than 1.5%, but according to your current tax share It seems that based on a single month, it accounts for less than 0.5% of the country’s total tax revenue.”
"The Black Tax Act gives you nearly all taxation powers, and also equips you with various resources, channels, and funds. However, your Internal Revenue Service has failed to achieve even half of the goals expected by the committee. So should this bill continue? What? "
Pips knows that no matter how he attacks the IRS's abuse of lynching in this debate, it will not shake the foundation of this bill.
Because whether David uses this bill to deal with human rights organizations or bureaucrats, it is all based on taxation. In simple terms, it has been implementing the original intention of the establishment of this bill. .
If he wants to shake this bill, he can only start from the original intention of this bill. For example, directly attacking the black tax has seriously failed to meet expectations. This will make most members of Congress pay attention to Support for the bill wavered.
As long as these members of Congress are shaken, this bill can really be shaken.
This is his trump card in today’s debate!
“Damn it, damn Pipps, how long has it been since the black tax bill was passed? Isn’t it normal that it didn’t meet expectations? Can this also be used to attack us?”
“This he It’s only been a few months. By the end of the year, it’s enough that we can deliver results that satisfy the committee. Why are you so anxious at this time?”
Many senior officials in the General Administration of Washington couldn’t help but scold. Come.
As for Obadiah Vertonghen and others, their brows were furrowed and their faces solemn.
The so-called family members know their own affairs. Of course they know very well that the tax revenue from their black tax bill has indeed not reached expectations, or even, as Peoples said, has not reached half of the expected results.
And now that Pipps got this data from somewhere and announced it in front of the whole country, it is certain that Congress will be shaken.
During the live broadcast, David sneered: "The black tax bill has only been passed for a few months. It is normal for it not to meet expectations, and it is still early before the end of the year. Of course, our IRS is confident that it will In the remaining half of the year, the share will be raised. Is it a little too hasty for you to use this now to make an issue?"
"Also, Congressman Pipps, although you are a member of Congress, you are not a member of Congress. Are you a member of the Black Tax Bill Committee?"
"Logically speaking, it is not your turn to take care of the tax share of the Black Tax Bill. What's more, I heard that you have strict control over your own constituency. The voters and various tasks are not handled well. Should you handle your duties well and then worry about the tax share of our Internal Revenue Service? ”
Peoples was not angry because of David's words, and replied without changing his expression: "Although I am not a member of the Black Tax Bill Committee, as I said before, as a member of the country..."
“Wait a minute, Congressman Peoples!”
Before the other party could finish speaking, David interrupted directly: “As soon as we started today, you accused us of various ways of doing things and targeting gangsters. tax bill, and I have almost explained it to you one by one. You know, this is a debate on the TV station, not a hearing on the black tax bill. It is my turn to question Congressman Pipes about some of your Is there a problem?”
Pips was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, David seemed to be right.
This is indeed just a TV debate, not a hearing held by Congress on the black tax bill. He really has no right to keep asking David to answer.
And now that David has said these words in front of the whole world, it would be somewhat unfair and rude for him to forcefully interrupt the questioning of the black tax bill.
After all, it’s a debate. Naturally, everyone can speak freely and ask what they want.
You have been asking me for so long, and I have explained and answered them one by one before. Now it is my turn to ask you, so naturally you have to give some answers, so as to show the fairness of today's debate. !
Thinking of this, Pipps could only reply magnanimously: "Okay, Director David, since it's a debate, you can naturally ask me some questions."
"Okay, Congressman Peoples, I wonder if you still remember the closure of the Ingalls Shipyard in your constituency six months ago?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Pips' expression, which had remained calm at first, froze, and the index finger of his right hand on the table trembled slightly.
“Interesting, judging from the facial expressions and other micro-reactions of Congressman Pipps, there seems to be something behind the so-called shutdown of the Ingalls Shipyard six months ago?”
"Well, according to psychological analysis, when a person feels guilty about something, his eyes will flicker with uncertainty. Just now, when Director David mentioned the closure of Ingalls Shipyard, Although Senator Peeps quickly covered it up, I could still see that he was indeed a little flustered."
The average audience didn't see anything unusual about these involuntary micro-expressions, but. The facial expression and psychological experts invited by the TV station discovered the clues, and they also made their own analysis with great interest.
“What, Senator Peoples is guilty?” “Interesting, this person Peoples has been attacking Director David and the IRS’s black tax bill before, is he going to be slapped down now?”
“As far as I know, this shipyard had more than 3,000 employees back then. When it was closed down, the workers there took to the streets to protest. It’s quite big.”
“…”
Through the analysis of TV station experts, the Internet became hotly discussed at this moment.
At the same time, Oakland, a city located on the east coast of the San Francisco Bay Area, close to San Francisco, is also the location of the former Ingalls Shipyard.
At this moment in this city, the shipyard employees who had been laid off and are still unemployed are holding their breath and clenching their fists.
The main reason why the Ingalls Shipyard was closed was because, for some unknown reason, as a member of Parliament in the area, Pieps had no reason to argue with the committee members established by Congress.
So after the results of the closure came out, more than 3,000 laid-off employees took to the streets to denounce Pipps. However, in the end, due to Pips' power, they had no choice but to It's just a matter of nothing.
Now that I heard that there might be some unknown inside story in this shipyard, the anger of the laid-off workers in this shipyard was reignited again.
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In fact, if ordinary people asked this question, then a veteran like Pips would not show any abnormality at all.
But it is a pity that David is not an ordinary person. He is currently the number one executioner of the IRS. He has not only sent criminals, but also sent many high-ranking officials to prison.
Thinking of David's various achievements and the fact that he suddenly asked this very sensitive question for him, Pips was caught off guard and felt a flash of panic in his heart.
But he quickly adjusted and asked, pretending to be confused: "This is what happened in my constituency at that time. Of course I remember it. What's the problem?"
"This shipbuilding company The original intention of the plant to be shut down was because Congress wanted to reduce some financial funds. At that time, Congress chose three locations, namely the San Pedro Shipyard on the West Coast, the Southeast Shipyard in Wilmington, and Ingalls Shipyards in your constituency will close one of the three."
"Ingalls Shipbuilding is one of the major shipyards of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. It has built many destroyers, cruisers and amphibious warfare ships. With so many contributions there, it stands to reason that as long as Pips Congressman, if you had argued your case to Congress, there was a high probability that this shipyard would not be selected, but you did not. Instead, you watched helplessly as it was shut down, causing more than 3,000 people to lose their jobs... ..."
"Wait a minute!"
Pips couldn't stand it any longer and stretched out his hand to interrupt: "I don't know where you heard the news, saying that I won't go to the police for this. Congress fought hard and blamed me for causing more than 3,000 people to lose their jobs. This is simply nonsense. As a member of the parliament of this region, what benefit does closing this shipyard do to me? "
David smiled slightly and replied: "Of course, according to the news I heard, when Congress was going to choose one of these three shipyards to close one of them, the relevant personnel of the San Pedro Shipyard found you and gave you While bringing 1 million US dollars, he also promised to provide you with campaign funds and resources for the mid-term elections. In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, you chose to agree to this condition, so you did not argue hard in front of the committee. Let Congress shut down this shipyard! ”
David obtained this information through Goldfinger, which is naturally accurate, and the reason why he used the uncertainty of "according to what I heard" Describing it in sexual terms, mainly because if he directly said that he had this evidence, it would mean that the IRS would have to intervene in the investigation.
And as a member of Congress, in order not to cause panic and targeting by other members of Congress, Pipes certainly cannot investigate and arrest him like other officials and criminals.
But it doesn't matter, his goal has been achieved, which is to make Pips embarrassed in front of the whole country and cause others to criticize him.
“It can be seen that Representative Pipps is panicking, which proves that he really has something evil in his mind!”
“Based on the psychological behavior and performance, what Director David said I’m afraid it’s not necessarily a rumor, maybe... it’s true?”
The experts from the TV station made their own analysis by observing Pipps’ expression.
"What, the reason why Congressman Pipps wants to close the shipyard in his district is because he received bribes and some conditions from the San Pedro Shipyard?"
"San Pedro The German shipyard is affiliated with General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, which is also a subsidiary of General Motors. As for General Motors, it is the sixth largest defense contracting company in the world and one of the largest arms groups in the United States. , ranked 214th on the Forbes Global 2000 list, and is a well-deserved giant group. Now I seem to understand why Congressman Pipps allowed the shipyard in his jurisdiction to be closed down! "
" Compared with losing some votes and reputation by shutting down the shipyard in your jurisdiction, getting some support from such a giant group is indeed more cost-effective!"
"Don't rush to a conclusion first, Director David does after all! It’s just hearsay, there is no substantial evidence.”
“…”
At this time, the Internet was also in an uproar because this big melon was exposed.
At this time, the laid-off employees of the original Ingalls Shipyard became even more excited in an instant.
Although David said it was just a rumor and did not say there was any substantial evidence, this is logically reasonable and can be explained.
As a shipyard that has made great contributions to the United States, Ingalls had a high chance of being retained by the congressional committee as long as Pips argued hard.
The reason why Pips fought so hard was because, as David said, he accepted bribes and received some conditional support from the shipyard and even the company behind the shipyard. There's really no better explanation.
(End of this chapter)