0143 Two big troubles
"The first trouble, I plan to do import and export business, but I don't have import and export indicators in my hand......"
Given the Tories' policy of isolation and fear of war, they believe that exporting goods to or importing goods from a country at war will implicate them in the war.
This idea was actually shared by the vast majority of the people in the Union of Baylor in the early days of the World War, including the fact that the Progressive Party of the Union was unable to reach a consensus on this issue, resulting in the Conservative Party winning the general election with almost no difficulty.
It is precisely this policy of isolation that even today, after the total armistice of the world war, the international trade of the Federation abroad has not recovered, and only a limited number of trade that cannot be refused is carried out.
For example, in exchange for some commodities from other countries for some raw materials that the federation cannot manufacture or do not have locally, in addition to this unavoidable foreign trade policy, it is difficult for ordinary individuals or companies to operate large-scale international trade.
And here we have to mention a special office in the Conservative President's cabinet government - the International Trade Approval Office, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but the Ministry of Defense also has cross-management powers, which shows how high the domestic vigilance is for foreign trade.
Every year, it is up to this office to decide what goods can be exported and what goods can be imported.
An individual like Lynch who wants to live in the export business basically doesn't think about it for a short time, without this possibility, he doesn't even have a chance to work hard.
The mayor's brow slowly tightened, and then tightened, which made the center of his eyebrows wrinkle and fold together, and the two eyebrows seemed to rise, with a sense of authority without anger.
In fact, most of the time this feeling stems from his title, His Excellency Mayor.
If the person frowning is a vagabond, he may not be faced with a look of awe, but with a swear and a sputum on the sole of a shoe.
"I need to ask, but there is little hope, at least in the short term, if there is no change in international affairs policy. ”
He quickly came to the conclusion that so far there have been many people who want to engage in international trade, but the world war has just ended, and no one knows if it will be because of an unexpected border fire incident, which will once again sweep the world through the flames of war.
So it will take a while to wait and see, but His Excellency the Mayor did not tell the truth, and the top echelons of the Progressive Party have already decided that the world war has basically come to an end.
It's not that everyone has become civilized, it's that most of the countries participating in the war have played their dog brains, and they no longer have the ability to continue fighting, unless they really want to die.
Judging from the current world situation, war is to fight the thickness of a country's overall strength, and if the thickness is gone, it can't even make bullets, so what else can it fight?
However, the Conservatives, who have built on a policy of isolation and achieved certain results, do not think so, or they share the same view as the Progressive Party, but because of the peace that the policy of isolation has brought to the Union and the political benefits of this policy, they are not willing to abandon the policy for the time being before the full impact of the policy of isolation has been realized into political potential, so it will take some time.
As for the interior, in fact, it has been loosened, but this loosening will definitely not let ordinary people know, don't look at the Conservative Party's His Excellency the President on TV all day long criticizing some of the "crooked reasoning" of the Progressive Party, and the leader of the Progressive Party also said on TV that the President of the Conservative Party is a pig, and the two parties actually have some consensus at a certain level.
Ah, forget again, there is actually the Federal Socialist Party, but it doesn't matter, they are used to being forgotten, and sometimes even the newspapers will only say "two parties" instead of "three parties".
If His Excellency the Mayor really wants to do this, it may not be impossible to do it, but he used his favor to do this for Lynch, and he didn't get much in return, he didn't think it was a suitable choice.
Sometimes politics is a big headache, but sometimes it's so simple that it's just a matter of size.
Lynch was not too surprised by this conclusion, and he continued to cut the steak with grace, saying in a casual tone, "If I can get the right to free trade, I can solve the employment problems left over for you after the departure of the Ristoan Group." ”
He put a piece of juicy beef in his mouth, and when he chewed it, the juices splashed, and it felt great, "Maybe there will be more, we can push down the unemployment rate, and I believe that the more this is the case, the more people are willing to work, what do you say?"
You don't have to ask to know if there is a suitable ...... , even unsuitable but paid jobs, everyone is willing to work, even if they are tired and dirty, they don't care.
If they have a job or at least an income, at least they can make ends meet, and if they don't even have an income, the wealth they have accumulated over the past ten years, decades, or even generations will be evaporated in an instant.
It's cruel, but mercy won't save the world.
"Is the import and export business so profitable?", the mayor was a little frightened, if the import and export trade can bring such a big profit, then maybe this will become an important policy for the Progressive Party to clean and clean down the Conservative Party, as long as the implementation of the open policy, this is too simple.
Lynch smiled, and there was something in his smile that made the mayor's heart tremble, and the smile on the face of this young man with waxy hair and a big back combed to make himself look more mature, but in fact only twenty years old, was like some of the big politicians and big capitalists he had ever met, with a contemptuous smile that penetrated the hearts of people and the world.
But before these smiles were only seen in the old man, now, it is in the body of a young man who can be his own son.
Lynch put down his knife and fork, picked up the napkin and dipped the juice on his mouth, and the smile on his face did not disappear from the beginning to the present, but became clearer and clearer.
He pressed his hands on the two corners of the table, leaned back slightly, stretched his upper body, he was about the same height as the mayor, a little taller than the mayor, and his current sitting position gave the mayor some surprising oppression.
"This has something to do with the second trouble I'm facing, would you like to hear about it?"
The mayor also put down his knife and fork in silence, he reached out to take a drink from the goblet to relieve the inexplicable tension, but when he saw the bright red liquid like blood, he took his hand back and nodded, "Maybe I'll be interested." ”
"I'm going to change the way I hire and change the way I hire to a ...... of cooperation," Lynch's words made the mayor's brows tighten again.
The Minimum Hourly Wage Act has been enacted for many years, and every year it is amended to follow the price level and then announced to the whole society, and all business owners, factory owners, and anyway, as long as they hire others to do the work, must comply with this law.
Each worker shall work no less than 60 hours per week, but no more than 72 hours.
If the factory or workplace arranges less than 60 hours of working hours, the minimum hourly wage shall be paid at the hourly rate except for the valid working hours, which shall be paid according to the hourly wage in the employment contract.
This means that if a worker is hired by the factory and he is not allowed to work, he will be paid the minimum hourly wage every month.
If 72 hours are exceeded, the salary is paid according to the hourly rate of overtime, which is currently the minimum standard for overtime in the Union of Baylor at 120 per cent of the ordinary working hours, which is the minimum standard.
On the whole, this greatly protected the legitimate interests of the workers, and when the bill was announced to pass the parliament, all the working class and the middle and lower classes rejoiced at it, and some even took newspapers to their factory owners and business owners and read it to the faces of these hateful capitalists.
People say it's a law that protects the working class, but in fact it protects the capitalists, but that's another story.
Since the inception of this bill, many people have used huge fines and bankruptcies to prove that it is an untouchable bottom line, and there is a kind of "punitive sentencing/punishment standard" guidance in the federal judicial system of Baylor.
When the court deems it necessary to give a person a heavy punishment so that both the society and the society realize that there are some mistakes that cannot be made, this standard will be used, and the fine amount that should have been only 10,000 yuan will become 1 million.
For example, what would have been a one-year sentence has suddenly increased to five years, ten years, and so on, and the purpose of this is to punish and set an example.
Lynch's remark made the mayor nervous all of a sudden, and if he was not careful, he could trigger a chain of events, and the workers' protests would turn into mass demonstrations, and eventually into riots.
You must know that although these people at the bottom of the society are indeed pitiful sometimes, they will do some things that make people angry more often, such as blaming their misfortunes on the unfairness of society and the unfriendliness of others, and they will not find problems from themselves.
Lynch will trigger this trait for them, and they will think that their unemployment is the inaction or even persecution of capitalists and even politicians, and then it will be another storm.
Before Lynch could finish speaking, he interrupted Lynch's words, "Your idea is very dangerous, Lynch, if you are not careful, this will be a big mistake, and even if I am willing to pull you, I will not be able to pull you." ”
"There are things you can touch, and even if you fail, people will forgive you because you are a young man. ”
"But there are some things you can't touch, whether you're young or not, whether you mean it or not, as long as you touch it, you'll be a sinner!"