In the United States, or more developed Western countries. The tax revenue increased in a stepwise manner. In a more direct way, the wealthier the people were, the higher the taxes they paid.
High-income people, such as NBA players and Hollywood stars. Much of their income had to be used to pay various taxes.
Of course, there were also various business operators and Wall Street tycoons who were heavily taxed. The government redistributed the wealth of society to achieve the effect of equalizing the rich and the poor.
That's the kind of thing that's ideologically great. But one could not ignore the fact that the United States was actually a country built by businessmen, big industrialists, and big farmers.
It was not difficult to see this from Lincoln's Civil War. It was called the Black Slave Liberation War, but in fact, it was a war between industrialists and farmers.
The factory owners needed more people to enter the cities and enter the factories. They needed people to work in the factories and then pay them so that they were both workers and consumers.
But the farmers did not. They needed to trap more slaves on the land and exploit their value.
From an economic point of view, the nature of the Civil War was the challenge posed by the new industrial era to the traditional agricultural forces. Liberate the black slaves? That was just incidental. It was not that grand.
From the Revolutionary War, to the Civil War, to the two World Wars. The direction of the country had always been decided by the major financial groups. Simply put, they were all kinds of capitalists.
And you want to tax the capitalists heavily? Hehe.
Of course, the law was the law. Even the most powerful capitalists and financial groups had to abide by the authority of the US Constitution. Because the rules of the game itself were set by the largest group of capitalists.
Of course, they would not be so stupid as to not leave a way out for themselves. Who would be willing to hand over a large amount of hard earned money to the country so easily?
So other than the simplest immigration to a tax-free country, such as Monaco.
Another way was charity. Because charity donations could be deducted a lot of taxes. For example, the charity fund of a financial giant or an electronics giant.
They used the charity fund to make a coat and transferred their worth of hundreds of billions of dollars. After that, they did not have to pay a single cent of taxes. Anyway, the rule of the foundation was that it had to be managed by the family. Of course, whatever they said was the law.
But this way, not only did they not have to pay taxes, but they could also maintain the luxury life of the world's richest. And they could also earn a good reputation for themselves.
Therefore, many entrepreneurs and capitalists in the United States were passionate about "philanthropy." Of course, some of them were real while others were fake.
However, in any case, various charities under the banner of major corporations were flourishing everywhere in the United States.
For example, Osborn's Veterans Hospital and Nursing Home. Other than helping to reduce taxes, he could also build a good relationship with the military.
For example, Almond Hospital, where Thor worked, whether you like to describe it or not. But at the end of the day, the medical treatment of private hospitals was a business. The commodity that money buys is health and life.
Since it was a business, it had to pay taxes. If a businessman didn't want to pay all the taxes, then he had to find a reasonable way to avoid taxes.
For example, setting up the Southern Cross Welfare Institute. It mainly took in orphans under the age of 14. This included children who lost the ability to live independently due to the death of their parents, the accidental death of their guardian, or the imprisonment of a child.
Although the US was powerful and had the largest economy in the world. But as a big country with a population of more than 300 million, and also a country that bore the highest military expenditure in the world. In fact, the United States did not have much money to invest in the welfare of Kim Pyong.
On average, it could only rank in the fifties in the world. The countries with the best welfare were always the sparsely populated but economically developed Nordic countries. For example, countries like Sweden, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
Therefore, the US government welcomed private capital to pour into the welfare projects. In fact, the country's public health and welfare resources were already stretched thin. Because the war consumed too much money.
The establishment of the Southern Cross Welfare Institute was given the green light by the New York City government. Not only was the land approval very fast, but Almond Hospital was also given preferential tax treatment.
At that time, the mayor only had one requirement, and that was to ensure that the Southern Cross Welfare Institute would accept at least seven hundred orphans.
Thor's transfer was so sudden that Kristin didn't even know about it. Thor followed the personnel to the Southern Cross Welfare Home in the southern suburbs of New York.
From the outside, it looked like a very beautiful welfare institute. It seemed that the hospital had spent a lot of money. The main building was fifteen stories high, with a playground and yard of more than two thousand square meters. There was also a three-story auxiliary building.
The main building was used by the children to rest, and the auxiliary building was the staff's dormitory and a place to stay when they were on duty.
All the children were generally divided according to their age. A group of six to eight years old. A group of eight to ten years old. And so on.
Now the Southern Cross Welfare Institute had exceeded its original design, accepting more than seven hundred orphans or children who had temporarily lost their guardians. It was close to one thousand and one hundred.
This made the hospital's manpower stretched thin. Oh, please! The original purpose of opening this welfare institute was to reduce taxes. Although from a human and moral point of view. The shareholders of the hospital didn't mind helping some children.
But the orphanage was a place where there was only investment and no output. If the investment was too much and exceeded the scope of the shareholders, it would be very troublesome.
Therefore, the care workers of the orphanage were actually understaffed. Most of the time, two care workers had to take care of fifty children.
There would be more care workers for the younger children. Because the older children were more self-disciplined, most of the time there was only one care worker in charge of them. Most of the time, the children were of the same age, or about the same age.
But Thor's team was a bit special. The fifty children he managed ranged from six to fourteen years old, and he had a lot more care workers than the others. There were a total of four of them. Including Thor, there were five of them.
"Why?" Thor asked the vice director of the orphanage who was leading the way and explaining the situation to him.
She was an elderly lady with the air of an old-fashioned lady.
The deputy director said unhurriedly, "Because these children are a little special. Compared to children who lose their guardians, they have guardians. "
“？” Thor looked at the Vice President in confusion. He was no longer a newbie who knew nothing about Earth. Why would a child with a guardian come to the orphanage?
The vice president continued, "Because most of their parents are vicious criminals. This includes killing people, underground organizations, and the production of hallucinogens. "
"The police will naturally arrest these people after they solve the case. Moreover, the sentences are very heavy, ranging from the death penalty to fifteen years in prison. "The vice president adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses.
"Although some of the children still have relatives, their parents are criminals. Many people didn't want to have anything to do with them. They have no home to go to. If they wander the streets, they will most likely follow the same path as their parents. " The deputy director took Thor to the southwest corner of the tenth floor and stopped at a place with Area 2A.
"So in order to help the police, we agreed to take in this group of children. However, I have to say that not all children are easy to get along with, especially these children. Especially these children, the things they've been exposed to since they were young have made them incompatible with other children. "
"There will even be conflicts. This is not the first time. Children in Area 2A hurt other children. Therefore, we can only gather them together and manage them together. "The deputy director pointed to a door on the left and said.
"Thor, that will be where you will work in the future. Take care of these children. At least looking at your physique, you should be able to do a good job. "After saying that, the deputy director squeezed Thor's strong arm and then turned to leave. He did not look like he was ready to go in.
In fact, Thor had been feeling dizzy since he received the notice early in the morning. He was doing well at the ambulance. Moreover, his partnership with Christen was getting better and better.
In the end, he inexplicably became the leader of a care worker and had to manage four care workers and fifty naughty children.
Moreover, these naughty children were the children of criminals. Although the deputy director's words were vague, she seemed to have said that these children might have criminal tendencies?
It could be seen from the fact that they were separated into an area.
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