United states tax collector

"Director David, are you confident in upholding the authority of the Black Tax Act tonight?"

"Director David, are you confident that you can withstand the pressure of Representative Pipes in tonight's debate?"

"Director David..."

Faced with questions from the media, David opened his mouth and doubled his pressure, and then said: "It's too early to say anything now, let's wait and see."

After saying that, he glanced at Pips who was not far away, and then they both stepped into the TV station.

The TV station personnel who were already waiting here immediately took the two people to the ninth floor of the building, where tonight's broadcast will be held.

"Director David, I am the operations director of the station, and my name is Thomas."

"Director David, I am the director of the TV station..."

"Hello, Congressman Peoples..."

"..."

As soon as they saw the two people arriving, a group of TV station executives came up to shake hands and exchange greetings.

Then, the two protagonists entered the make-up session, waiting for the arrival of quarter past seven.

During this gap, right next door to the studio, some implementation explanation personnel arranged by the TV station were already in place.

These personnel are composed of retired officials, facial expression experts, and psychological experts.

Retired officials are responsible for explaining to the audience the details of the debate topics between the two people, while facial expression experts and psychologists are responsible for analyzing the real-time psychological conditions of the two people.

Because in such a highly-anticipated live broadcast, when the two sides get into an argument later, it is inevitable that there will be some involuntary changes in expressions such as guilt, panic, embarrassment, etc., and these experts can capture these micro-expressions to provide The audience explains and gets better program results.

Senior officials from the Washington DC General Administration and the Internal Revenue Service, headed by Obadiah Vertonghen, were also gathered in the conference room. However, the atmosphere at the scene was slightly solidified at this moment. Everyone was looking at KTLA-TV with serious faces. , waiting for the live broadcast to start.

In addition to the General Administration, all the staff of the National Taxation Bureau and major branches across the country were stationed in front of the TV, except for those who were performing tasks and couldn't get away.

Because they know that this debate is not only about the reputation of the entire IRS, but also about the amount of power they will hold in the future.

Once Peoples wins a big victory tonight, the black tax bill will be greatly shaken, and may be repealed or deprived of power by Congress.

At this moment, they could only pray in their hearts, hoping that David could withstand the pressure.

Of course, in addition to the IRS, this debate also attracted a lot of attention from celebrities, civilians and criminals from all walks of life in the United States.

These people all prepared beer, peanuts and melon seeds, and their eyes were wide open, ready to wait for the start of this good show.

Under everyone's attention, the time finally came to 7 o'clock.

"Congressman Pipps, Director David, you can come in!"

During the live broadcast on KTLA-TV, the make-up staff stopped applying make-up to Pipps and David, and Thomas also came over to remind them.

The two nodded, and after checking in the mirror that their appearance was fine, they walked straight into the live broadcast in front of the camera.

The layout of the scene is very simple, just a square table with two chairs on both sides of the table.

As a politician, Pipps often needs to go to various places to canvass for votes. Obviously, he is already familiar with this kind of situation, so when he came to the chair and sat down, his face immediately became confident and stress-free. look.

And David, who is opposite him, although he does not often participate in such TV debates and is exposed in the spotlight of so many people, he is no longer the little inspector he was before, but Fengjiang, who is in charge of the taxation of the first district. As a high-ranking official, he is confident and calm in front of the spotlight, without any stage fright.

"Congressman Peoples is so energetic and looks like he has a chance to win."

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Pipps is a member of Congress. This kind of occasion makes him feel like he's back home. Of course he's at home."

"After all, Director David's strength is taxation rather than talking heads. Will he really be embarrassed by Pips later?"

Under the discussion all over the Internet.

On the live broadcast site, Pips was the first to speak. He asked: "Director David, let's get started."

David didn't speak, just nodded and said come on.

"It has been more than three months since the Black Tax Act was passed on December 3 last year. The original intention of this bill was to increase the country's tax revenue. However, according to many people's observations, to this day , this bill has changed a lot in nature, and it seems to have become a tool for some people in the IRS to suppress dissidents and show self-centeredness. Director David, as the spokesperson of the black tax bill, how should you explain this?"

As soon as these words came out, the entire network was instantly in an uproar.

Many people thought that at the beginning, Pips would gradually introduce some topics to draw out David's words, and then set a trap for him.

But who could have imagined that Pips didn't talk too much when he came up, and just launched a big move like this.

And what he said about suppressing dissidents and being one-of-a-kind, wasn't it a satire of David's ruthless treatment of human rights organizations when he sent many officials to jail in Nevada and when he came to the western suburbs branch?

David did not lose his composure because of these words, but asked with a puzzled look: "Congressman Pipps, when did our IRS use this bill to suppress dissidents, and when did we become self-centered? We use this bill to empower Our power has always been just for the original purpose of taxation, right?”

"As far as I know, when you were in Nevada, you sent many officials to jail with this bill, right?"

"Those officials themselves were corrupt, and even though they were corrupt, they still dared to resist after I warned them to pay their taxes and make a small contribution to the country. Faced with such die-hards, I used the power given by the Black Tax Act to send them to prison. Prison, is this wrong? Or do we want to indulge them and let them continue to be corrupt?"

David's reasonable and legal answer, which was neither arrogant nor humble, instantly aroused applause from people on the Internet who supported the righteous people. Of course, it also made people in the General Administration of Washington and the National Internal Revenue Service secretly applaud.

"You are right. They should be punished for corruption, but the punishment must be measured. And if you use the death penalty of thousands of years in prison, it is completely beyond my judicial sentencing standards, and it is only used once. Forget it, you have used it several times, and I say you are flouting our country’s human rights and justice, is that okay?”

"No, I and our IRS do not despise human rights and justice. After all, the Black Tax Act is a newly introduced bill, and the sentencing of such tax evaders is also the first time in history. Since this is the first time that a thousand-year prison sentence has been imposed, head, then it is enough to be used as a separate sentencing standard. On the premise that there is no meritorious service, then this sentence should be used as the standard, otherwise how can it be fair to other prisoners?"

Since Michelle's team was sent here by the General Administration, they had naturally anticipated most of the tough questions that Pips would ask at the debate.

As for the current question, they have already studied various ways to answer it, so David's current answer can be regarded as a catch.

After all, as he said now, the Black Tax Act had just been introduced, and it was also the first time for large-scale arrests and sentencing of tax evaders against criminals. There were no other obvious cases to learn from before. They sentenced them to thousands or even ten thousand years. The death penalty of 10 years is considered to be tenable in legal terms.

"You wait first..."

Pipps' fingers were hanging high on his temple plate, with a deep look of thinking on his face. After a while, he spoke out: "The black tax bill was just introduced. It is true that there were no sentencing standards in the past, but This is not the theoretical basis for you to be sentenced to capital punishment. I still say that you should abide by the sentencing standards of the Ministry of Justice, and you should also sentence criminals according to the sentencing standards of the Ministry of Justice. Otherwise, it will definitely be enough. It’s ultra vires!”

"The Ministry of Justice is the Ministry of Justice, and their sentencing standards may not necessarily apply to any department or any case..."

"Stop it first!"

Before David could finish speaking, Pips interrupted with sharp eyes. He raised his lips and said, "You mean, the Ministry of Justice's sentencing standards are not authoritative enough?"

"I didn't say that..."

"Director David, you don't need to explain, you just need to answer me yes or no!"

Pipps looked at David with an imposing manner, and was interrupted one after another in this highly tense state. David was not an old man like Pipps, so he naturally showed a trace of dissatisfaction in his management.

"That's interesting. Director David seems to be a little overwhelmed!"

"This is normal. After all, Director David is too young and has too little experience. If he can still withstand Congressman Pipps's attack in this situation, then there is no need to pay taxes. Perhaps he can settle down and enter politics. The sky will be brighter."

"It can be seen from the change in Chief David's demeanor that he seems to be impatient with this method of questioning."

This dissatisfaction was immediately captured by the facial experts invited by the TV station, and they began to explain it to the viewers in front of the TV.

At the Washington DC General Administration, Obadiah and other senior officials looked serious. From Pips' words, they had already smelled a dangerous signal.

But they were not the ones at the live broadcast at this time, and they could only hope that David would deal with it carefully.

While everyone was thinking, David, who was on the live broadcast, tried to relax his expression before replying: "Congressman Pipps, this is a debate. I think everyone should maintain an equal way to talk. If you say 'you only need to answer yes or no', people who don't know would think you are interrogating the prisoner!"

Seeing that David had adjusted so quickly and responded to him with clear thinking, Pipps secretly said, "Good boy." Then his expression softened a little and he said, "Okay, then wear it." Director Wei, please answer the question I just asked!"

"Of course I'm not saying that the Ministry of Justice's penalties are not authoritative enough. It's just that when it comes to tax law, our IRS is a professional field after all. We make our own penalties based on our own professional strengths, such as tax evasion penalties. This is understandable. of."

"For example, if a safety accident occurs at a construction site, although the relevant responsible persons will be held accountable by law, the construction site also has its own internal accountability. You can't accuse the company of disrespecting the law. Bar?"

David's answer was quite reasonable.

"I think your metaphor is inappropriate. If a safety accident occurs on a construction site, you will be held accountable by law. But first of all, the law must be greater than the company's own internal disciplinary penalties, and your own internal disciplinary penalties If it's more serious than national laws, wouldn't it become a law of its own? In the future, every company and everyone will do this, so why do we need laws?"

"Congressman Peoples, I think you're misrepresenting me a little bit. What I mean is that of course the laws of the Department of Justice and the country must be respected, and we at the IRS deal with criminals who violate our own tax laws as appropriate. This is not disrespectful. The Ministry of Justice and national laws should not be confused together."

"Okay, then let me ask you, what kind of political system is our country in the United States?"

"Separation of powers."

When David said these three words, the expressions of Michelle and others who were watching next to the studio suddenly changed. At the same time, some senior officials of the Washington General Administration seemed to be aware of the danger that was coming. My heart was suspended for a moment.

In addition to them, some shrewd people who were watching the live broadcast also realized that there seemed to be something good to watch next, and they all held their breath and widened their eyes.

"Then let me ask you, which three powers are they?"

There was a smile on Pips' lips, and the look he looked at David was like a fierce eagle soaring in the sky that has locked onto its prey.

"As a member of Congress, I think you should know better than anyone else, right?"

What David actually means is, as a member of Congress, do you still need to ask me these nonsense questions?

"Okay, since you don't want to say it, let me give you the answer. Our American political system is divided into three powers, and the three powers are legislative power, which is exercised by Congress, then executive power, which is exercised by the president, and finally It is the judicial power, exercised by the Supreme Court and its subordinate courts at all levels. The Supreme Court is responsible for interpreting the Constitution and laws, hearing cases involving the federal government, and hearing disputes involving states, etc. The courts at all levels ensure that through judicial activities, Civil rights and maintaining social order..."

Hearing this, David's face became serious at this time, because he now realized that the other party had just set a trap for him. His mind was running rapidly, trying to find a proper answer later. Discourse.