Chapter 766 (1/2)

People in other countries tend to think highly of the IRS because of some hearsay, and they think how powerful the IRS is and how it can't be provoked. In fact, the rich people with a little bit of assets in the United States are trying their best to avoid taxes, and the boundaries between tax avoidance and tax evasion are also very vague. Moreover, even if tax evasion is found, it is usually just to pay taxes, and few people go to prison for it.

Just imagine if the IRS is so pervasive and powerful, how can it leave so many loopholes for the rich, or even Amazon's negative tax rate?

However, in another case, the IRS is really ”powerful”.

It's when it's used as a tool of power.

In fact, this is true all over the world. What Simon is most familiar with in his memory is the flow of industrial and commercial tax, fire and sanitation, which makes it easy for you to run an enterprise.

On the US side, Al Capone, the most talked about gangster boss, could not escape the case of IRS sanctions. In fact, many people misunderstood the reason. It's not Al Capone's tax evasion at all. It's the US government's attempt to clean up the overbearing gang leader. The IRS is just a tool of power in this process.

As it is too common for the United States to evade taxes, it is often very effective to use the IRS in the process of upper class power strife.

Because one check is accurate.

Why does a golden real estate developer insist on not disclosing his tax records before and after he is elected president? Is it just tax avoidance? Amazon has even made the negative tax rate public. If the means of tax avoidance are proper, how can it be made public? In any case, the public's requirements for its moral standards have been reduced to the minimum.

The crux of the matter is not to be investigated. Once it is publicly exposed, the mass media and political opponents will definitely pick up the microscope to examine it carefully, and the smallest flaw will be magnified by a thousand times, not to mention that the original flaw is too obvious.

Now, Levison group, which Simon plans to acquire, has encountered a similar situation.

Westrow system has controlled the industry of a golden real estate developer, but Simon doesn't intend to support each other too much. He is hanging on slowly. However, Simon is very optimistic about the prospects of the real estate industry, which requires some other real estate enterprises as expansion tools. Levison group is a good target.

After winning this company, westero system will have a complete set of perfect real estate development and operation teams, and obtain a large number of high-quality real estate projects. At the same time, with this company, westero system can further expand to North America and overseas.

As a result, Simon, after Levison group refused his conditions to buy shares, only exerted pressure on its huge debts, intending to force Levison family to give in.

If the IRS joins in without warning, it is the rhythm of trying to bankrupt Levison group.

The traces of manipulation behind this incident are also very obvious.

Francis Levison was arrested for tax evasion for less than $2 million in a deal three years ago.

2 million US dollars is a drizzle for a super rich whose family assets have reached 1 billion. Under normal circumstances, the IRS will never engage in such a big fight. It will only make the rich pay taxes, plus a fine at most.

Now, not only is Francis Levinson arrested, but the IRS has frozen Levinson's bank accounts for this reason, and intends to further conduct a detailed review of Levinson's corporate accounts within five years. Levison group is in a bad situation. If the IRS does so, those creditors will only be more anxious to recover the money. They want the rhythm of bankruptcy liquidation of this old real estate company.

Some time ago, the contact between westrow system and Levison group has been well known.

All of a sudden, everyone will subconsciously think it's Simon doing something behind his back.

If this reputation is spread, it will be very unfavorable to the westero system. What's more, Simon has nothing to do with it. He doesn't like to take the blame for others.

Simon quickly found out the truth by making use of the strong network of contacts set up by the westero system in the federal government.

It's very simple.

This incident once again points to the Republican forces in the south, or, to be precise, the Bush family.

It's easy for Simon to figure out the whole story.

Florida is often an important swing state related to the outcome of every presidential election. Simon can see this. As a political family, the Bush family certainly knows this better. As early as 1986, before the elder Bush ran for president, Jeb Bush, the second son of the Bush family, abandoned business and went into politics and began to hold an important position of Commerce Minister in Florida. Last year, he tried to do so Running for governor.

All of this is to get the initiative to rush to the White House in this famous political swing state as much as possible.

In the past few years, because Simon secretly helped Clinton beat the elder Bush to enter the White House, and realized the growing political influence of the westero system, the Bush family has made several small moves in succession, and both sides can be described as ”you come and go”.After last year's mid-term election, Simon has asked the political lobbying team of the westrow system to work hard in Florida. This time, he tried to take a stake in Levison group, which is headquartered in Florida. Although the main purpose is to expand the real estate industry of the Westeros system, even Simon himself has considered taking a stake in Levison group, which has a history of more than 100 years in Florida The group will certainly be able to gather a large number of political forces in the local area.

The Bush family, which has been operating in Florida for many years, will certainly not allow this to happen.

Then Levison got into big trouble.

Simon needs to carry the black pot.

If possible, Simon doesn't want to get involved in politics at all. It's just that this incident once again responds to the common saying in martial arts novels.

You can't help yourself in the world.

Three famous Wall Street snipers in the 1980s, Ron Perelman, Carl Icahn and Michael Milken, why did Milken end up in prison, while Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn, who were also notorious, got away with it. They clearly had many signs of violation that could be traced down, and finally they were not clear. Although there were many reasons, their reasons were not clear The key point in the election is that Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn are both active political activists. They are the big money owners behind the scenes of many politicians and take an active part in various election activities.

The sex scandal between Clinton and Lewinsky is well known, but few people pay attention to a trivial detail. In fact, Monica Lewinsky was recommended by Ron Perelman to be an intern in the White House.

Although the result is not good, Clinton and Perelman are very close friends in private.

Carl Icahn and Ron Perelman both have strong connections in Washington, but Michael Milken is far from the political center of the United States. In order to live comfortably, this legendary financier, who has brought the junk bond market to the peak, specially moved his bond Department of Johnson securities to Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States, and never showed much interest in politics.

As a result, in the investigation storm of Wall Street's financial giants in the late 1980s, Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn got away easily, but Michael Milken actually got off the skin.

A lesson from the past.

If Simon is just a Hollywood filmmaker like Spielberg, he will do whatever he wants. However, with the current size of the westero system, if we do not try our best to support our own political power, we will only become a fat sheep who has been cut by people.

Even Simon had to face all kinds of criticisms to develop the military power controlled by the westero system alone, as well as the strong counter measures that he had been planning in private.

Children with gold in their arms must be coveted in the downtown area.

In just eight years, the westero system, which has developed to such a large scale, is actually the most typical child in the downtown with gold in his arms.

However, if the child is accompanied by a few strong bodyguards, who are still carrying scaring knives and guns, and the child even has one or two grenades that will die with you if you dare to rob me, it is basically enough to make most passers-by's eyes away from the gold.

Simon's continuous layout in recent years is just to achieve this goal.

For the Bush family's small action, if it was a few years ago, Simon might have played with each other to the end, even if it eventually changed the political and historical process of the United States.

Now, Simon is not going to do it.

Simon hoped that the history of the country would follow the original track, and that the Bush family would continue to struggle for eight years to empty Clinton's fresh vitality.

Weak country and weak people are the best survival soil for the powerful oligarchs.

Simon is a man who firmly believes that human nature is evil. During this period of time, he read a Chinese book, which made him jump out of many previous thinking mistakes.

It's not the best way for you to give others, but to get the corresponding reward.

So Simon decided to talk to the Bush family face to face.