The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 3521 Research on Cats and Dogs (Sixty-nine)

Schiller shook his head and said, "I don't have time to help you deal with them. Go contact the Pale Knight and stop them from leaving Gotham. You can take all the benefits, and you don't have to give me anything."

"Are you sure you don't want to get involved?" Amanda looked at him and said, "The client behind this can't be coming just for you. It should be related to the recent martial law in the metropolis. Don't you want to find out who is behind this?"

"If you can find out who is behind this, the entire Justice League will thank you." Schiller looked at him and said, "I won't participate."

"Well," Amanda shrugged. "I don't expect them to thank me. It's just that some alien criminals have touched the nerves of the congressmen, and they have some unrealistic fantasies again."

"What do they want?"

"Of course, we use the power of aliens to deal with the Soviet Union."

"That is to say, in their eyes, the Soviet Union is scarier than aliens."

"It's nothing new. If they can deal with the Soviet Union, what's the big deal about cooperating with aliens? Even if it's a bill that would sell the entire Earth, they would sign it."

Schiller sighed and said, "What are they going to do?"

"The rumor I heard is that they are planning to contact the guy who put the metropolis under martial law."

"and then?"

"And I guess they don't have any good way to impress him. After all, this guy is coming for Metropolis, and Metropolis is under the control of the Luthor Group."

"Luthor is not Wayne." Amanda shook her head slowly and said, "This guy has a strong desire for control, and he is ruthless and has no scruples. If anyone dares to touch Metropolis, he will make them pay."

"Will Congress give in?" Schiller asked.

"The Luthor Group has a lot of say in medicine and military industry. Lex Luthor is now the leader of Ansa. Whoever he wants to kill will die. Metropolis has been given to him. What room does Congress have to give in?"

"So they still dare to cooperate with aliens?"

"Cooperating with the aliens is the only way to reverse this situation. They are probably gambling that Luther doesn't dare to kill them all."

Schiller laughed and said, "That makes sense. After all, if we kill them all, it won't be easy to select so many fools again in a short period of time."

Amanda sat down on the sofa next to her and said thoughtfully, "This seems to be a game between aliens and humans, or between the United States and the Soviet Union, but in fact, it is still a game between the federal government and local governments."

"If even the aliens can't get into Metropolis this time, everyone will know that someone can prevent the Federation's orders from reaching Metropolis without Metropolis having to pay any price. Then it will be difficult for the federal government to implement anything."

“Do you think this will further divide America?”

"There is no room for further division in the United States. We are a federation in itself, and each state is equivalent to a small country. I am only concerned about the division of New Jersey."

"Do you think the Metropolitan City will become independent?"

"Lex Luthor is doing that. He's turning Metropolis into another country, and you know which one I mean. That means institutionally, economically, and ideologically, Metropolis is moving away from New Jersey."

"Isn't this bad?"

"In fact, I don't care whether Metropolis will be independent or not. The key point is that once Metropolis drifts away from New Jersey under Luther's leadership, the political, economic and cultural center of New Jersey will become Gotham."

Amanda looked at Schiller and said, "Do you think this is a good thing? To have this playground of lunatics and killers become the center of the Northeast?"

"You're talking about the old Gotham..."

"No, from what I've observed about your new mayor, he's also a lunatic."

“Even though he’s been trying so hard to increase subsidies for the poor?”

"That's why I say he's crazy."

Schiller was speechless.

In the American context, there is no slogan like "serve the people". Their slogan is to let things take their own course and achieve your dreams with your own hands. If you can't achieve it, then look for your own problems.

It does seem crazy to think about the lower class when everyone can’t even take care of themselves.

"Although I should say that I understand your concerns now, I actually don't. Are you worried that Gotham will take New Jersey with it into the abyss of madness, so that the lower-class people here can get subsidies and people's lives will become better?"

Amanda rubbed her forehead with her hand and said, "I don't think it's a bad idea to subsidize the lower class, but you need to think about where the money for the subsidy comes from. Napier is already planning to implement a new tax law in Gotham, imposing an additional 60% tax on the rich."

Schiller was hearing this news for the first time. After a pause, he said, "This is quite good."

"Then do you know his definition of rich people?" Amanda sighed again and said, "University professors like you are also considered rich and are also subject to taxation. Moreover, the tax law may take effect this quarter, which means you have to be prepared to pay 3% more tax in March."

Schiller did some calculations in his mind. Although the house cost him most of the money, he still had enough money to pay the tax.

"What about tax exemptions?" Schiller asked.

"Forget it. The tax exemption policy is unprecedentedly strict. All the virtual tax avoidance methods used in the past for charity and investment are useless. The tax exemption amount for real investment and consumption has also been greatly reduced. You all have to pay the money in real terms."

Schiller mourned for his wallet for a second, then said, "Okay. The IRS should work with the police to enforce the law, right? Otherwise, it won't be that easy to collect taxes from those people."

"Are you really not worried about your assets at all?" Amanda looked at Schiller and said.

"I feel a little sad, but not much." Schiller shook his head and said, "If I wanted to make money, I wouldn't become a university professor. For a long time, my salary just covered my living expenses, and I couldn't save a penny, but it didn't matter."

Amanda was speechless. She said, "Well, you are a saint who has no desires. I am just worried that Napier's bloodletting therapy may bring chaos to the city. After all, if you are also considered rich, then the vast majority of the middle class will suffer, and they will not let it go."

"I believe the mayor knows his limits," Schiller said. "He should have prepared some other solutions. Maybe we will know soon."

"Okay, you crazy guys, go have fun on your own." Amanda stood up and said, "I will try my best to stop those killers outside the city, but there is a possibility that one or two will run in. You can just deal with them on the spot and don't need to contact me again."

After that, she left. Schiller looked at her back and shook his head. Amanda had indeed matured a lot, but she still hated crazy people, who were too normal to be normal.

Schiller really didn't know about the new tax law, so he searched on his phone and found that what Amanda said was true. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have to pay about 60% more tax next time he filed his tax return.

Not everyone has as much extra money as he does. Schiller estimated that if it was implemented so quickly, most people would not be able to pay. Napier would not do such a stupid thing.

Sure enough, as he continued to scroll down, Schiller saw the words "free from forced collection" written on the regulations, which meant that if the money could not be paid, it would not be forcibly collected.

This made Schiller a little confused. If this is the case, the middle class can also transfer their assets, leaving them with nothing. And since they can't collect it by force, then won't they be able to collect much?

Scrolling down to the end, Schiller saw that the release date of this news was more than half a month ago.

He suddenly realized that something was wrong. The new tax law should have caused a stir the day it was announced, but in fact, Schiller did not feel any public opinion fluctuations, as if everyone just accepted it calmly.

Even if they can evade by transferring assets, the middle class should still be quite complaining. They should make a big fuss on the Internet, so why is no one talking about this?
Schiller felt something was a little strange, but he didn't dwell on it. Anyway, his money was enough to pay taxes, and he didn't plan to transfer his property, which was too troublesome. He would rather pay taxes than go through the troublesome process of transferring property.

Schiller thought about going to the store again, but the city center should be congested by now, so Schiller chose to drive from the other world.

It was a coincidence today that Schiller passed by a car as soon as he drove out. He didn't see who it was, but he guessed it might be a professor from the magic academy.

But on the way to the city center, he felt something was wrong because he saw a lot of people - to be precise, a lot of humans, and of all ages, and it was obvious that they were not students of Gotham Academy of Magic.

When going to the city center, there are more people like this, many of whom gather in groups on the roadside, pointing at the buildings on the street.

There were actually a few people in Schiller's new store discussing the glass of Schiller's window. When Schiller got out of the car and walked over, one of the people said to him enthusiastically: "You are here to see the houses? This one is good, but the salesperson said it has been sold. I wish I had come earlier."

Schiller looked at him. This was a well-maintained lady, carrying an expensive bag, and looked like a wealthy person.

"I am the owner of this house, but I bought it a long time ago."

"Oh my god, you're a magician then? They say there have always been magicians here. You look like a professor from that magic university, aren't you?"

"I guess so." Schiller nodded and said, "What are you doing?"

"Looking at houses." The lady smiled and said, "The mayor said that the other world will soon be open to ordinary people, and they can enter in advance by paying a tax. We plan to come here to invest first, and I'm afraid the land in the city center will increase a lot in the future."

Schiller covered his forehead. He finally understood how the outrageous tax law was implemented. It turned out that it was to purchase the qualification for early experience.

But this is indeed a clever plan. In the case that the existence of the other world cannot be announced publicly, using this method to collect funds from the rich can indeed solve the urgent problem.

Rich people spend money to buy the qualification to invest in the inner world, and then convert their money into subsidies to the poor people outside. What a trick of stealing.

By building the inner world into a real garden city and then levying additional taxes on the qualifications for entering the inner world in the future, we can achieve the goal of allowing the rich to spend money and enjoy themselves in the inner world, and then use the money to subsidize the poor outside, thereby raising everyone's living standards to a higher level.

However, the premise of doing so is that the money will really be used to subsidize the poor. I can only say that to achieve this effect, all the mayors of Gotham will have to be good enough.

At this moment, Schiller suddenly realized the key point. The Pale Knight deliberately set the threshold for collection so low just to include himself.

I am not afraid of paying taxes, because taxes are the key to maintaining social welfare. But if one day I know that I have paid so much tax, but it is not used properly, but embezzled, then the mayor can basically choose the lakeside seat he likes.

What a good move to drive the tiger to devour the wolf.

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