Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 508 Double Reed

Social welfare was originally set up for special groups of people, such as those who are inconvenient to work due to physical reasons, or who temporarily lose their jobs and have no income.

It's a pity that in the eyes of some people, social welfare has become something they can lure. A good policy to benefit the people has been completely ruined like this.

However, with the development of Johannesburg, social welfare is indispensable. It is impossible for Rock to completely deny the social welfare system because of those who are not enterprising. After all, there are still some people who really need these social welfare. Negative factors will completely cancel social benefits, that is, giving up food because of choking.

Compared with Johannesburg, Pretoria's situation is more serious, because Pretoria has more new immigrants and fewer jobs, so Pretoria's expenditure on social welfare, every month All in Johannesburg more than three times.

Because the social welfare policy was formulated by the former governor Adelaide, Marcus Beaufort did not dare to change it, but this is no problem for Rock, and the policy is not static. If Adelaide knows that the social welfare policy has led to the current situation If this result happens, Adelaide will also take the initiative to improve.

Of course, to improve social welfare policies, certain social surveys are needed. This work is jointly undertaken by Rock and Owen, because the Chinese are the largest social group in Johannesburg, and Owen is the speaker of the Johannesburg City Council and the leader of the Liberal Party. The party leader, so both of them are doing their part.

"Do you think the mayor and the others are concerned about Governor Milner? In fact, they are not at all. It is true that some Boers rely on social welfare to eat and work, but more social welfare is distributed to the Chinese in Johannesburg. This is the problem. The key." Owen told the truth.

Rock suddenly realized, no wonder Marcus Beaufort and Ulysses Noel looked away from Rock during the municipal meeting yesterday, the root cause was here.

"What's more, not all people who receive social welfare are lazy. Some people really need social assistance. This is the meaning of social welfare policy. As for those who take advantage of the loopholes, let them think they have it. Sooner or later They will pay the price for their current behavior." Owen now sees the problem more comprehensively, and it is indeed the ass that decides the head.

One thing is for sure, those guys who are idle all day long will end up with nothing. Maybe when they are old and lonely, they will regret that they didn't work hard when they were young. It's a pity that everything has not started all over again Time will give everyone a final answer. Whether the answer is perfect or not depends on yourself.

Compared to Owen, Rock is more jealous. Although Rock also understands this truth, it doesn't mean that Rock allows those who think they are smart to take advantage of the loopholes.

This is sometimes the case. When big people make decisions, they usually consider the interests of everyone. If a decision can benefit most people, even if it causes some problems, it can be ignored.

Rock doesn't think so. Social welfare is actually another form of getting something for nothing. This kind of demonstration effect is very dangerous. Laziness is also a contagious vice. Once you find a problem, you must adjust it until it becomes hard to return. It will be difficult to think about doing anything.

"Adjustments are not cancellations. Of course we will help those who need help, but we must also resolutely reject those who try to take advantage of the loopholes. There are many jobs in Johannesburg. Mines, farms, factories, as long as you want to find a job, you can definitely find it. For newly arrived immigrants, or those who have temporarily lost their jobs, three months of temporary assistance is enough, and a person can only receive the assistance once a year at most, otherwise it will lead to negative effects." Of course, Rock It is not a suggestion to cancel, adjustment is still necessary.

This proposal was still acceptable to Owen, so Roque and Owen began to make adjustments.

After learning about the list of people in need of social assistance, Rock and Owen realized the seriousness of the matter. Johannesburg provides meal vouchers worth about one pound to individuals in need of social assistance every month. The city government used to spend on this aspect It's only a few hundred pounds, but last month, the number of people applying for social assistance has exceeded [-], and there is a trend of crazy increase. No wonder the city government has to adjust.

"There are so many immigrants in Johannesburg in the past few months?" Rock was very curious. There were not so many new immigrants in Johannesburg before.

Owen didn't speak, and looked at Rock with disgust.

Rock thought for a long time before he suddenly realized that recently, Johannesburg has indeed had a lot of new immigrants. In fact, these new immigrants were caused by Rock. Don’t forget that Rock tried his best to promote the families of the Gurkha mercenaries to immigrate to Johannesburg. This is how new immigrants from Johannesburg came during this time.

That would require even more adjustments. In order to better understand the situation, Rock and Owen followed suit and had to personally investigate the specific conditions of those receiving social assistance.

There are indeed quite a few Chinese on the list, and one of them, Marcus, is particularly conspicuous. His son, Mario, works in the Johannesburg Police Department. However, Cus applied for social assistance over and over again, and went to the social assistance office to make a fuss. In the end, the social assistance office was overwhelmed and was forced to agree to Marcus' application.

Rock didn't know the specific situation, so he asked Li De to call Mario over later.

All the Chinese police officers in the Johannesburg Police Department, Roque, knew each other. Mario was still a sheriff. After knowing why Roque wanted him, Mario was distraught.

"My lord, I also know that my father is wrong in this matter. I have persuaded him many times, but he just won't listen. The social assistance office gives my father a meal voucher of [-] pound every month, and I give the social assistance every month. The relief office donated two pounds, so I’m actually at a disadvantage.” Mario also had no choice, the Chinese tradition is his own father, no matter how much it is, he can only coax and bear it.

"Is this a question of whether to suffer or not? Have you ever thought about the impact?" Rock was heartbroken. There are actually a lot of people like Marcus. He doesn't need this money at all. He just takes advantage of it and is addicted. suffer.

In fact, I can’t get any money. The one-pound meal coupon per month is nothing more than cash, and I can’t buy expensive food. I can only exchange some things like bread and mashed potatoes. Maybe Marcus can take it home. Do not eat at all.

The things are worthless, but the impact is extremely bad. Rock has always been trying to establish a positive image of the Chinese, but most of the time it is just a mouse that ruins a pot of porridge, and other people don't care whether Mario returns the money. Through this incident, I will laugh at the habit of Chinese people who love to take advantage of small things, and then deny all the efforts of Chinese people.

"I'll ask my father to return the money later—" Mario didn't understand the mistake thoroughly enough.

"Will going back be able to eliminate the impact that has already been caused?" Rock didn't want to let it go, and must go through this matter so that all Chinese in Johannesburg can learn a full lesson.

"Then what should we do?" Mario must have trusted Rock, and hadn't realized how Rock would eliminate the influence.

"I want to wrong you, you can change your job, don't be in the police station, go to the umbrella—" Rock hit hard, with a father like Marcus, Mario, a son, would be wronged.

Mario was dumbfounded, apparently he didn't expect Rock to make such an arrangement.

Work is not a problem, working in an umbrella even pays better than working in a police station.

But the social status is obviously different. The sheriff of the police station has a relatively high social status in Johannesburg, and the employees of the umbrella are almost as good. Even if they go to the umbrella to serve as middle-level leaders, their social status is obviously not as good as that of the sheriff of the police station.

"Otherwise, what do you say?" Rock was not soft-hearted. It is estimated that this incident has already had a very bad impact on the Chinese in Johannesburg. If the method is not thunderous, it will not have enough warning effect.

The Chinese in Johannesburg, especially those with assets in Johannesburg, seem to have some relationship with the military and police.

After Rock first bought the farm, he sold it to the Chinese policemen of the police station, and members of the security team at the Rock Gold Mine. Most of the policemen who became farmers are still working. Even if they don’t work in the police station, they went to New They worked in the First Cavalry Division, and their families also came to Johannesburg a long time ago.

Therefore, Roque's punishment of Mario with such a severe punishment will serve as a warning to all the Chinese. If someone wants to take advantage of the loopholes in the future, he must think about the consequences and see if he can afford it.

The next day, the Johannesburg Police Department announced the results of the handling of Mario in an internal meeting. Rock is not the chief of police in Johannesburg and did not participate in the internal meeting of the police station.

It is said that Mario cried very sad when he took off the police badge, and when he walked out of the gate of the police station with his things in his arms, his back was very bleak.

Marcus went to the police station to make a scene that day and tried to save the situation in this way.

Of course, the result was even worse. Mario was no longer a policeman, and the police station would not tolerate Marcus' behavior, so Marcus was directly arrested by the police station. The next day, Mario went to the police station to pay a fine of fifty pounds. Just fish out Marcus.

The results of Mario's handling did serve as a sufficient warning. On that day, hundreds of people went directly to the social assistance office to cancel their applications for assistance. Three days later, the Chinese almost completely disappeared from the list of those in need of social assistance.

　I'm sorry, I had something to do yesterday afternoon, let's see if I can make up for it today——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)