While Lin Zhenhua and Huang Gang were talking and laughing, Xisai was in his office, angry at his staff.

"Congress has once again vetoed a tax cut bill for clean energy companies, what the hell are they trying to do!" Sissay slammed a stack of papers on the large desk, crackling, as if this was the only way to vent his anger.

The U.S. government does not have the function of investing directly in the economy, and if Cisay wants to stimulate the development of the clean energy industry, it can only use tax cuts for such companies to achieve subsidies in disguise. But when it comes to tax cuts, they need to be approved by Congress. Cisai has submitted several tax cuts to Congress before, and each time it has been rejected by Congress under various terrible names. This time, Sisai made a huge concession, but the result was still unsuccessful.

A simple tax cut bill could not be passed, and the proposed plan to revitalize the manufacturing industry was put on hold, and seeing that the four-year term was about to pass 1/4, how could Sisai not be annoyed?

Energy Minister Tewyn muttered quietly: "I heard that this is the result of lobbying outside the hospital by oil and coal groups, who oppose state support for clean energy, arguing that bioenergy has better application prospects." ”

"These insatiable oil tycoons!" "They receive tens of billions of energy subsidies from the state every year, but they never worry about the country." As for the members of Congress, they are even more derelict in their duties, they even stand on the side of the oil tycoons, without the slightest consideration of the difficulties facing the country. ”

Commerce Secretary Gerald Ford added fuel to the fire, saying, "Mr. President, you should know that even without lobbying from the oil tycoons, Republican members of Congress would veto bills proposed by the White House, and that has happened more than once." They don't care what they're against, they just want you to get nothing during your tenure. ”

"This is the sorrow of the United States!" Sisai said bitterly.

I have to say that before he was elected president, Sisay still had a bit of an angry temperament. He has always imagined that after he sits on the throne of the president, he can display his talents and make achievements to the fullest. He has a whole set of theories and plans for governing the country, and he is ready to implement them in a big way as soon as he takes office. He firmly believes. As long as these plans are implemented, the United States will return to the state of being alone in the immediate aftermath of World War II.

Sisai's ideal is plump, but the reality is very skinny. Since coming to power, Sisai has introduced a series of measures aimed at improving people's livelihood and reviving the economy, but each measure has been met with strong resistance from Congress, government departments, businesses and the public, so that nothing has been achieved so far.

Among them, Congress, which has the strongest binding power on the president's power, is his worst enemy. The majority of seats in Congress is his opponent Republicans, and as Ford said, those Republican lawmakers don't care what they oppose and they have to find a way to make things difficult as long as it is a bill proposed by Sissa. The reason is also obvious, if the Democrats from the Democrats did a good job, then what will happen to the Republicans in the next competition?

Slackness on the part of the government. It is also one thing that makes Sisai very angry.

The main officials of the various government departments were appointed by Sisai, and his loyalty to Sisai was barely passable. However, the specific staff within each department are the same, and they have not been replaced after many presidents. These old oilboys don't care what the president says. They know that according to the law, as long as they don't do anything wrong, even the president can't take their jobs.

Sisai's revitalization plan has nothing to do with the welfare of these civil servants. If you work more and don't get more money, and you won't deduct money if you work less, who wants to add a bunch of things out of thin air? Everyone used to have a very nourishing life, and a two-pole president came up, so he had to let everyone do more. Isn't that annoying him? …,

Moreover, in the U.S. government, multi-officer is not just a burden, it also means that the person concerned has to take more risks. If you do a good job, no one will praise you, but if you do it. Then you will face all kinds of accusations and investigations. In this kind of officialdom, everyone naturally does not seek merit, but seeks no fault.

The way civil servants resisted the Sisai plan was in one word: drag. What is required by law to be done in 10 working days, they will never do it on the 9th day. The perfect legal system of the United States determines that there are countless legal links to do a thing, and it is not possible to do without the stamp of one department. All departments are passive and sluggish, which makes the implementation of the Sisai plan inevitably protracted.

Some media in the United States have conducted investigations and found that it takes about 12 to 14 months to build a wind power equipment production enterprise from construction to production, but it takes 3 to 5 years to apply for government administrative permits related to the environment, taxation, labor and other aspects. Those investors simply don't have the patience and energy to entangle with government officials, often leaving the matter to lawyers. This makes the United States the country with the largest team of lawyers in the world.

"A wind power company in Xunyang, China, took only three months from the project to obtain all the government permits, and the construction period was only eight months." Ford reported to Cissey. He belongs to a China expert in Xisai's team, and Xisai has many questions about China to ask him for advice.

"Why are they so fast?" Cissey asked in surprise.

"Xunyang is one of six clean energy production bases established by the Chinese government," Ford said. In these production bases, there is a set of 'special case' mechanisms that allow all government departments to approve all application materials of enterprises simultaneously, rather than having to review one department before the next department has its turn as in the United States.

In addition, the Chinese have also proposed a provision called the 'first question responsibility system', which requires that the first public servant of the enterprise who receives the enterprise to go through the procedures must be responsible for explaining all the materials required and filling in the requirements to the enterprise, so that the enterprise will not run in vain because of the lack of a certain material in the future.

In order to save companies time traveling to and from various government departments, the Chinese also bring all the departments related to the approval process into one hall, which they call one-stop office. Therefore, Chinese can complete all the administrative approval work of an enterprise in 3 months. If there is a project that is of special concern to local leaders, there are even cases where the approval is completed within 3 days. ”

Ford's words about these things are not exaggerated at all, such as the concept of one-stop office and the first-question responsibility system, which first appeared in big cities and coastal cities, and were soon imitated by governments at all levels in the mainland. When Ford went to China for a visit. Mr. Lin once took him to visit the halls of these government offices, an experience that left a deep impression on Ford.

"It can't be!" "The information I got was the opposite, they told me. The bureaucracy of the Chinese is very serious, and various departments often pass the buck to each other, so that everything has to be delayed for a long time. ”

Ford shrugged his shoulders and said, "Mr. President, I beg your pardon, I have to say that those who told you this information." It is estimated that they have never been to China, and they rely entirely on a few words on the Internet to speculate about China. In China, I'm not familiar with other things, but in the investment space, their government is very efficient. You know, their officials are very merit-seeking, and they can't tolerate the loss of investment projects because of the inefficiencies of their staff. ”…,

"What I see...... It is the article by Mr. Ping Tu Zi, a Chinese dissident. I think his understanding of China should be relatively objective. Sisseina said.

"Ping Tuzi is just a grandstanding liar." Ford said flatly. "A few years ago, I also read his article. His articles are full of criticism of China, and all of these criticisms only cater to the mentality of some Americans...... I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I didn't mean you. I have dealt with Chinese for more than 20 years, and I know very well that China is not what Ping Tuzi said. ”

"That's ......," Sisai looked embarrassed. Many years ago, he was commissioned by Lin Zhenhua. He served as a defense lawyer for Du Xiangyang, who was not known as Ping Tuzi at the time, and was involved in the case of Du Xiangyang's alleged leakage of the technical secrets of the American Carter Company to China. In the course of that defense, he had many contacts with Du Xiangyang, and he felt that Du Xiangyang was a relatively rigorous scientist, which is why he later believed the series of articles signed by Ping Tuzi.

After Ford said this, Sisai began to recognize. I may have really been brainwashed by Du Xiangyang's lies. Maybe this Ping Tuzi didn't deliberately want to lie, but he was biased against China, and it was inevitable that he would be biased when writing the article, and he was misled by such biased content.

In fact, Sisai himself has never been to China, and he knows nothing about China. His think tank told him that China was a chaotic country, with mediocre officials, ignorant people, and everywhere relying on dirty, tiring labor-intensive industries to earn some hard-earned money, and there was no hint of modernity at all. Although Sisai didn't fully believe in such a statement, he subconsciously accepted such a picture in his mind.

In fact, as long as you think about it carefully, you will find that this statement is fundamentally incompatible with China's reality. China's GDP has surpassed Japan's to become the world's second, and its total industrial output has surpassed that of the United States in its first year. China is building a high-speed railway with a speed of 380 kilometers per hour and is testing fourth-generation fighter jets comparable to the F22, which is not at all the economic and technological prowess that a country with only labor-intensive industries can show.

In the past, in addition to its own economic strength, Americans could be proud of its own system, and Cisai once considered the American system to be the best in the world. However, after entering the White House, he gradually came to realize that the American system did not seem to be as good as he had imagined, and that it may be the least fallible system, but it was also the least likely to produce results.

To put it more plainly, this is a system that has become intolerably ossified.

"How's that going on with Twin about loan guarantees for clean energy companies?" Sisai asked, turning to Twin.

"In accordance with your instructions, I am asking the Department of Energy personnel to complete the guarantee procedures for the companies that apply as quickly as possible," Tewyn said. At present, 18 enterprises have received guarantees from the Ministry of Energy and are applying for loans from banks. ”

"Good." Sisai nodded with satisfaction, finally having something that made him feel relieved, "So, when will these companies be able to get these loans at the latest?" ”

"I think ......," Twin hesitated, "the fastest will be to get these loans by June next year." As for the latest...... Maybe in 3 years. ”

"Next June, it's still the earliest!" "The competition of clean energy is calculated in days, and it takes a year for our company to apply for a loan. ”…,

"No, it's the commercial banks, and a lot of the commercial banks think that the yield on lending to clean energy projects is too low, and they'd rather put their money into the subprime market, which is a very profitable market," Tewin said. ”

"Finance!" Sisai gritted his teeth, "They only have profit in their eyes, if the entire country's industry collapses, how can the financial industry still exist?" ”

Anger is anger, and Sisaina Financial Company has nothing to do. The U.S. presidential election costs money, and the financial community has always been a big donor, neither the Republican Party nor the Democratic Party has the guts to provoke these financial oligarchs. If Sisay wants to clean up the financial industry, I'm afraid that someone else will kick him out of the presidency before he can do it.

Ford sat next to him, sneering in his heart. For such a situation, he had expected it a long time ago, but it was the people of Sisaiqi who Too_young_too_simple, thinking that he would be able to turn the clouds and rain as president. Practice has shown that it is far more convenient for US presidents to handle foreign affairs than for domestic affairs, and this is also the reason why all US presidents have gone abroad to fight wars and engage in military intervention after taking office.

In foreign countries, there is no need to ask anyone to get rid of a president, but at home, even if you want to eliminate redundant members of the government, you have to debate for three days and three nights. Everyone says that the president of the United States is infinitely beautiful, but who knows that they themselves are full of bitter tears?

"Ford, do you think we will lose to the Chinese in this competition?" Sissay began to ask the question very seriously.

Ford is also an old fox now, so he won't tell Cisai what he said to Lin Zhenhua in the past. He looked around and replied, "Mr. President, I think the Iranian issue may be more worthy of our attention." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )