"Director David, are you confident that you will uphold the authority of the Black Tax Act tonight?"

"Director David, are you confident that you will be able to withstand the pressure of Congressman Pups in this debate battle tonight?"

"Director Davy......"

In the face of a group of media open questions, David opened his mouth and pressed down twice, and then said: "It's too early to say anything, let's wait and see." ”

With that, he glanced at Pips, who was not far away, and the two of them both stepped into the television station.

The TV station staff, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately took the two to the ninth floor of the building, which was also the scene of tonight's broadcast.

"Director David, I'm the director of operations for the station, and my name is Thomas."

"Director David, I'm the director of the TV station......"

"Hello Councillor Pepps......"

“……”

As soon as they saw the two of them here, the executives of a group of TV stations hurriedly came up to shake hands and say a few words of greeting.

Then, the two protagonists entered the make-up session, waiting for a quarter past seven.

And in this interval, right next door to this studio, some implementation and explanation personnel arranged by the TV station are also in place.

These personnel are composed of retired officials, as well as facial expression experts and psychologists.

The retired officials are responsible for explaining the details of the debate topics between the two people to the audience, while facial expression experts and psychologists are responsible for analyzing the real-time psychological conditions of the two.

Because in this kind of high-profile live broadcast occasion, when the two sides argue fiercely, it is inevitable that there will be some involuntary changes in their expressions, such as weakness, panic, and embarrassment, and these experts can explain to the audience and get better program effects by capturing these micro-expressions.

The Washington General Bureau, led by Obadia Vertonghen, and the senior officials of the Internal Revenue Bureau, also gathered in the conference room, but at this moment, the atmosphere of the scene was slightly frozen, and everyone looked at KTLA-TV with a serious face, waiting for the live broadcast to start.

In addition to the General Administration, the National Taxation Bureau, the major sub-bureaus, except for those who are performing their tasks and are really unable to take a break, the rest of the personnel are also stationed in front of the TV.

Because they know that this debate is not only about their reputation, but also about the amount of power they will wield in the future.

If Pipps wins a big win tonight, the black tax bill will be very shaken, and it may be proposed by Congress to repeal or cut power.

At this moment, they could only pray in their hearts, hoping that David would be able to withstand the pressure.

Of course, in addition to the IRS, this debate battle has also attracted a lot of attention from celebrities, civilians and criminals from all walks of life in the United States.

These people are all ready with beer peanuts and melon seeds, and their eyes are wide and ready to wait for the beginning of this good show.

Under the watchful eye, the time finally came to 7 o'clock.

"Councillor Pips, Director David, you're ready to enter!"

KTLA-TV broadcast the scene, and the makeup touch-up staff stopped touching up Pips and David, and Thomas also came over to prompt.

The two nodded, and after confirming that their appearance was okay in the mirror, they walked straight into the live broadcast in front of the camera.

The layout of the site is simple, just a square table, with two chairs placed on each side of the table.

As a politician, Pips often needs to go to various places to canvass for votes, and he is obviously familiar with such occasions, so after coming to the chair and sitting down, his face immediately becomes full of confidence and no pressure.

And David, who is opposite him, although he does not often participate in this kind of TV debate and is exposed to the spotlight of so many people's attention, but because he is no longer the small inspector he used to be, but the feudal official in charge of the tax of the first district, he has the confidence to be calm and free of stage fright in front of the spotlight at the moment.

"Councillor Pipps is so imposing, he looks like he has a chance to win."

"Aren't you talking nonsense, Pipps is a member of Congress, and this kind of occasion makes him feel like he is home, of course."

"Director David's strength is, after all, taxes, not lip service, will he really be embarrassed by this Peps?"

Under the discussion of the whole network.

On the live broadcast side, Pipps was the first to speak, and he asked, "Director David, then let's just get started." ”

David didn't speak, just nodded and motioned to come.

"It has been more than 3 months since the Black Tax Act was passed on December 3 last year, and the original intention of this bill was to allow the country to increase taxes, but according to many people's observations, today, this bill has changed in nature, and it seems to have become a tool for some people in your IRS to suppress dissidents and be self-respecting, Director David, as the spokesperson of the Black Tax Bill, how can you explain this?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole network was in an uproar.

Many people still thought that at the beginning, Pipps would definitely go in a circular and gradually throw out some topics to lead David's words out and then set them up.

But where did you think of it, Pips didn't talk too much nonsense as soon as he came up, and directly cut such a big move with a big opening.

And isn't his repression of dissidents and self-supremacy a mockery of David's cruelty to human rights organizations when he sent many officials to prison in Nevada and when he came to the Western Suburbs Bureau?

David didn't lose his temper because of this, but asked rhetorically with a puzzled face: "Congressman Pepps, when did our IRS use this bill to suppress dissidents, and when did we become self-serving?" We've been holding the powers given to us by this bill just for the purpose of taxation, right? ”

"As far as I know, when you were in Nevada, you used this bill to send many officials to prison, right?"

"Is it also wrong for those officials to be corrupt themselves, even if they are corrupt, and after I warned them to pay taxes and contribute a little to the country, they still dare to resist, and in the face of such diehards, I use the power granted by the black tax bill to send them to prison? Or are we going to indulge them and let them continue to be corrupt? ”

David's reasonable and legal answer, which was neither arrogant nor inferior, instantly aroused the applause of a crowd of supporters on the Internet, and of course, it also made people in the Washington State Administration and the National Internal Revenue Bureau secretly applaud.

"You're right, they really deserve to be punished for corruption, but the punishment must also have a measure, and you use the capital punishment of thousands of years in prison, which is completely beyond my judicial sentencing, and it is okay to use it once, you have used it several times, I said that you are despising our country's human rights and justice, this is no problem, right?"

"No, I and our IRS did not flout human rights and justice, after all, the black tax bill is a newly introduced bill, and the sentencing for this kind of tax evader is also the first time in history, since the first thousand years in prison is opened, then it is enough as a separate sentencing standard, on the premise of not getting the guilt and meritorious service, then this sentence should be used as the standard, otherwise how can it be fair to other prisoners?"

Michelle's team was able to be sent by the General Administration, naturally anticipating most of the sharp questions that Pepps would ask at the debate site.

As for the current question, they have already studied various ways to answer, so David's current answer can be regarded as a catch.

After all, as he said now, the black tax bill has just been introduced, and the large-scale arrest and sentencing of tax evaders against lawbreakers is also the first time, and there are no other significant cases to learn from before, and they are sentenced to a thousand years, or even ten thousand years of capital punishment, which can be regarded as legally standable.

"You wait first......"

Pips's fingers hung high on his temples, with a thick look of thought on his face, and he spoke out after half a sound: "The black tax bill has just been introduced, and there was no sentencing standard in the past, but this is not the theoretical basis for your capital punishment, I still say the same thing, you should follow the sentencing standards of the Ministry of Justice, and you should also punish the criminals according to the sentencing of the Ministry of Justice, otherwise, it is definitely enough to exceed your authority!" ”

"The Ministry of Justice is the Ministry of Justice, and their penal standards do not necessarily apply to any department, to any case......"

"Stop me first!"

Before David could finish speaking, Pipps interrupted with sharp eyes, and he raised the corners of his mouth and said, "You mean that the Justice Department's punishment standards are not authoritative enough?" ”

"I didn't say that......"

"Director David, you don't need to explain, you just need to answer yes or no!"

Pipps looked at David domineeringly, and was interrupted one after another in this highly tense state, David was not an old fritter like Pips, and naturally showed a trace of dissatisfaction in terms of demeanor management.

"Interesting, Director David seems to be a little difficult to handle!"

"This is also normal, after all, Director David is too young and too inexperienced, if he can withstand it on this occasion, Congressman Pips's offensive, then there is no need to engage in taxes, and precipitation and precipitation into the political arena may be more horizontal."

"It can be seen from the change in Director David's demeanor that he seems to have been impatient by this way of questioning."

And this dissatisfaction was immediately captured by the facial experts invited by the TV station, and they began to explain to the audience in front of the TV.

On the side of the Washington General Bureau, Obadia's high-level complexion became solemn, and from Pips's words, they had already sniffed out a hint of danger.

But it was not them who were on the live broadcast at this time, and they could only hope that David would be able to deal with it carefully.

In everyone's thoughts, David at the live broadcast tried to relax his expression, and then replied: "Councillor Pepps, this is the debate scene, I think everyone should maintain an equal way to dialogue, your kind of 'only need to answer yes or no' words, people who don't know still think that you are interrogating prisoners!" ”

Seeing that David adjusted so quickly, and replied to him with a clear mind, Pipps also secretly said 'good boy' in his heart, and then his expression softened a little, and he said: "Okay, then Director David, please answer my question just now!" ”

"Of course, I'm not saying that the Ministry of Justice's punishment is not authoritative enough, but in the area of tax law, our IRS is a professional field after all, and it is understandable that we make our own judgments according to our professional strengths."

"For example, if there is a safety accident at a construction site, although the relevant responsible person will be held accountable by the law, but in the same way, the construction site also has its own internal accountability, and you can't always accuse the enterprise of disrespecting the law, right?"

David's answer was reasonable.

"I don't think your analogy is appropriate, if there is a safety accident on the construction site, you will be held accountable by the law, but first of all, the law must be greater than the company's own internal disciplinary punishment, and if your own internal disciplinary punishment is more serious than the national law, then isn't it a law of its own? In the future, every company and everyone will do this, so why should the law be used? ”

"Congressman Pips, I think you're a little bit distorting what I mean, I mean that the laws of the Department of Justice and the country are of course respected, and our IRS deals with criminals who violate their own tax laws on a case-by-case basis, it's not that it disrespects the laws of the Justice Department and the country, you don't tie them up and mix them up."

"Okay, then let me ask you, what kind of polity is our America?"

"Separation of powers."

When David said these three words, the faces of Michelle and the others who were watching next to the studio suddenly changed, and at the same time, some high-level officials of the Washington General Administration also seemed to be aware of the next danger, and their hearts instantly hung in the air.

In addition to them, some shrewd people who were watching the live broadcast at this time also noticed that there seemed to be a good show to watch next, and they all held their breath and widened their eyes.

"Then let me ask you, which are the three powers?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Pips's mouth, and he looked at David like a fierce eagle soaring in the sky and locking on to its prey.

"As a member of Congress, I think you know better than anyone else, right?"

What David meant by this is, as a dignified member of Congress, you still need to ask me all this nonsense?

"Well, since you don't want to say, then I'll give you an answer, our American system of government is a separation of powers, and the three powers are legislative powers, which are exercised by Congress, then the executive power, which is exercised by the president, and finally the judicial power, which is exercised by the Supreme Court and its subordinate courts at all levels, the Supreme Court is responsible for interpreting the Constitution and laws, hearing cases involving the federal government, and hearing disputes involving states, etc., and the courts at all levels protect the rights of citizens and maintain social order through trial activities......"

Hearing this, David's face became solemn at this time, because he realized now that the other party was playing a trick on him just now, and his mind was running rapidly, trying to find the words that would be answered properly.

(End of chapter)