Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 1042 Information Superhighway

Brother Dunzi's handwriting is very big, very big.
On January 1, after the handover was completed and officially moved into the White House. On the 20th, he organized a health insurance reform committee and released rumors of tax increases; in February, he began to promote the reform of federal agencies and systems to streamline and simplify. Speeches and motions on the New Guidelines.

The frequent movements naturally aroused many people's doubts.Even in Carter's view, he couldn't help but feel that Brother Dunzi was a little too hasty.However, after seeing the reform plan to streamline and simplify the federal agencies promoted by Brother Dunzi, Carter was a little thankful for his rapid retreat.I didn't continue to nest with Brother Dunzi and make compromises.

With a wave of his hand, almost half of the federal rules and regulations will be cut off, and the handling process of various affairs will be simplified, which will naturally lead to the layoff of personnel.Many federal government employees who were forced to be laid off have somewhat dissatisfied remarks in the newspapers.

As for the matter of universal medical insurance, it is no surprise that it has attracted collective opposition from the Republican Party, medical insurance agencies, and even the business community.Even among the people, except for low-income groups, many people are dissatisfied with this.

As time went by, Brother Dunzi's medical insurance reform plan gradually became clear.The core is three: 1. Promote and urge enterprises to purchase medical insurance for employees; 2. Refine the regulatory rules for the medical insurance market; 3. Increase the management role of the federal government.

There is not much to discuss about the third and second points.Donkeys have always had the same idea of ​​governing. If it is not too much, most people can accept it.But the first point is almost a semi-mandatory requirement for companies to purchase insurance for their employees. This is a big expense for companies, especially large ones!
Even if an insurance only costs $100 per year, it means millions of dollars in extra expenses in large companies with tens of thousands of employees.Of course they won't be happy!
Just like Lao Bu's reluctance to keep up with this project is a concern, this alone is not enough to cover the whole people.Today, the Annual Budget Adjustment Act submitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives for discussion clearly mentions that, in addition to increasing the two major tax categories in the United States, corporate tax and personal income tax, the original medical insurance care tax will be abolished. The threshold for annual income is 14 US dollars; in addition, social insurance tax is introduced, and all individuals with an annual income of more than 3.5 US dollars or families with an annual income of more than 4.5 must pay this tax.

These two insurance-related tax changes alone are expected to add $270 billion in additional tax revenue to the federal government each year.Well, when it comes to making money, donkeys are really good at it!
As far as the actions of these two parts are concerned, they are only disgusting to some middle and high-income groups.Then the third one was passive to the fuel tax of the knife, which really stabbed everyone in the eye.
It is quite normal that the fuel surtax is included in every gallon of automobile fuel. If you want to increase it, it doesn't matter if you increase it a little.Ke Dunzi, this is a bit aggressive.

Directly let the fuel price of 93 cents per gallon at the beginning of 14.1 soar to 18.3 cents
This series of big actions undoubtedly made the whole of the United States start to clamor at this time.All kinds of voices come and go.Originally, Carter could still pretend to be invisible, because the heart is pure if you don't see it.It is nothing more than some increase in operating costs, tax increases, or the need to buy medical insurance for employees
Regarding the increase in normal corporate tax, personal income tax, and even capital income tax, no matter what Brother Dunzi mentioned, Carter has a way to legally avoid taxes.What Black Charitable Foundation, Black Flag Charitable Foundation, etc., really think that the artworks and collections stored in our mansion in California are not for display?

The actual tax on Carter's head is not much increased.Even in the tax part, the increase in cost is not as much as the cost of medical insurance for employees!

After all, to buy medical insurance, the money must be paid to the insurance company in real terms.Even if there is a negotiated price for corporate customers, that’s all there is to it, and it’s worth paying for real money!
As for buying medical insurance, Carter doesn't have much rejection.After all, there are not many companies that are completely controlled under Carter's name. Whether it is a financial service industry such as a bank or a family business, or ROG, a computer company that produces high value-added industrial products, the gross profit margin is quite impressive.In other words, the employees here have brought a lot of excess value to Carter, so providing them with medical insurance can be regarded as an employee benefit!

The only thing that disgusted Carter was that after Brother Dunzi came to power, at least at the beginning of this period, his attitude towards the Far East was somewhat reversed!

The airworthiness certificate, which was originally guaranteed, was suddenly stuck at the door.Although it was not directly rejected, wait for the FAA to change people, wait for the new rules to be formulated, and then re-test.
It really disrupted many of Carter's plans, and the Douglas Airport is about to be completed here.As a result, the plane on my side couldn't get in. Isn't this a waste of time? !

Although he was a little depressed, Carter remained silent.The so-called stay a line in life, so that we can meet each other in the future.Nowadays, the voices against Brother Dunzi from the outside world are not small, one more than yourself is not too much, and one less than yourself is a lot.

Carter, who was thinking about the "Information Superhighway Project", thought about how much he could save face for this cheap brother.I hope that after the plan is released, the other party can see that I will not add trouble to it, and the relationship between the Yale brothers will give me a share of the benefits.

As for this "information superhighway plan", this is not something that suddenly popped up from the world.As early as 1991, the current Vice President Gore, who was still a senator, mentioned in the "High Performance Computing Act" that he hoped to connect several supercomputer centers across the United States to a high-speed network so that For computing sharing and resource maximization.

Since this statement appeared back then, there have been many similar meetings in the computer company.In 93, with Gore as Clinton's right-hand man, he moved into the Naval Observatory.A banquet invitation appeared on Carter's desk again.

The venue of the banquet is in Maryland.And when Carter stepped into the banquet hall, what he saw was no less than the future banquet that claimed to gather half of the Chinese Internet.
Almost every one of IBM, DEC, HP, Silicon Graphics, Microsoft Corporation, Intel Corporation, Lotus, Oracle Corporation, and apple inc is a big company with a name in the future, and there are even two guys who will decline or even go bankrupt in the future: Nokia and Wang An Computer.

No matter how it is, it is already fading away, or it is still in full swing.When these people got together, they quickly finalized the plan to promote the construction of the information superhighway.

According to their calculations, the design funds for such a huge infrastructure project are conservatively estimated to be hundreds of billions of dollars, and it is not difficult to break trillions.The time span may be as long as ten years, or even 20 years.

With the current financial situation of the federation, it is obvious that such a large investment cannot be supported.Then, the federal government's only choice is to take the lead, raise funds from the private sector, and complete it together!

Doing so will indeed cost a lot of money, but the benefit is that it is built by the people, owned by the people, and enjoyed by the people!
Once built, these networks, routes, will be their own!

(End of this chapter)