The knight in the big world of American TV series

Chapter 1882: Chat (Please give me a monthly ticket!!! Please subscribe!!! Please recommend!!)

Chapter 1882: Chat (Please give me a monthly ticket!!! Please subscribe!!! Please recommend!!)

After signing a series of documents, Magneto left the prison. But he could not say that to the outside world. The New York Police Department announced that the prisoner had died. It was simple and clear. After all, when Max was taken away, he was indeed unconscious and no one knew what his fate was. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it was necessary to let "Max" die, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

Explain his presidential pardon?

Please, Benjamin doesn't want to take the blame... Benjamin needs to be re-elected as president for many more terms, so he can't use the pardon at will. This thing is basically used in emergencies, so as to ensure that the president's prestige will not be affected. Only the president who has no hope of re-election will desperately issue a presidential decree when he is about to step down. Because the power does not expire, generally speaking, when the term of office is about to end, the president will become a lame duck president.

A lame duck president is a president who has lost the support of the House of Representatives. If the Senate loses its support, the president will become a "legless duck" and can only watch his proposals and policies being rejected. In this case, the president will face a rough reality: it is impossible to achieve execution through proposals or policies, but some things must be proposed or approved by the president. Therefore, a "lame duck government" naturally emerges: what the president and the government want to do will inevitably encounter obstacles in the two houses of parliament. When the two houses want to amend laws, formulate bills or revise drafts, the president will delay as much as possible and resolutely refuse to approve them.

This situation is particularly obvious when the president makes a big mistake and loses public support. Of course, there is also the situation when the term is coming to an end and there is no hope of re-election. People will be less in awe of this kind of president. After all, you are going to be gone soon, and it is useless to coax you, so naturally there is no need to pay much attention to him.

In this case, the powers held by the president will be infinitely reduced, but the Constitution also grants the president some powers that do not require approval from both the Senate and the House of Representatives, such as pardons.

This is the president's last insurance and benefit.

For example, during this period, the president had some dirty tricks, his wife accepted bribes, his son-in-law embezzled, his son committed crimes, etc. These things were not considered a big deal when the president was in office. After all, the government also needs to save face, so everyone turned a blind eye to some of the bad things done by people close to the president. (In fact, the struggles in the American political arena used to be very much based on unspoken rules. No one would bother with people close to the president. After all, it was taboo. Until that man appeared, he broke too many unspoken rules, causing the unspoken rules to not work on him directly, and then everyone began to fight without bottom line. How could the families of previous presidents have so many bad things? It's not that they are all good people, but that everyone knows it tacitly and will not bring it to the table. You have to know that exposing such things will not only affect the credibility of the government, but also have any benefits for the ruling class?)

In short, to ensure that you will not be held accountable after completing your term of office.

The president will start issuing pardons to clean himself up. After all, the American judicial principle is that there is no double jeopardy for the same crime. Once the pardon is issued, it means that their bad deeds are over, and the judicial department can no longer investigate and prosecute them for these bad deeds.

Another purpose is to accumulate political capital. Sometimes the pardon is not just prepared for the president, but also for other people. For example, if someone's child commits a crime and the person is very powerful, then the person can find the president.

The old man said, please do me a favor and help me get my little one out, and I will reward you handsomely in the future!

In this way, the old man will owe favors to the outgoing president, and these favors will be of great benefit to the president's son, daughter and even wife when they run for election in the future.

Otherwise, how do you think those political families came from? Otherwise, why do you think a certain first lady received so much support and almost became the first female president? They were all exchanged. Do you really think they rely on their so-called prestige?

Good guy Carter has a high prestige, right? But he still has no influence after leaving office. Prestige is useful and useless in politics. (Carter is the most special president in American history. He is a good man. The president after Nixon did many things that satisfied the people of the world but not the Americans.)

In short, the pardon is the last benefit the president can get for himself before leaving power.

But Benjamin doesn’t need it!

According to the current market situation, Benjamin still has a chance to be re-elected. First of all, the current presidential throne is definitely not a good position. The United States is weakening... This is not something that the US government can deny. After all, people are not fools and can see it with their eyes.

Although the masters above don't do much in personnel matters, they are smarter than each other. They know that the current state of the United States cannot withstand frequent changes in leadership, which will not bring any benefits.

There are too many such examples around the world. Basically, every country that is seeking its own death is faced with the manifestation of seeing the throne of supreme power being replaced like a revolving lantern. As a result, state power cannot be implemented well, government policies become intermittent, and in worse cases, there will be contradictions and frequent changes in policies. Politics is closely related to every aspect of the country.

Stability is the need of the people and also the need of various industries.

Once there are frequent changes of power, the most likely thing to happen is that the country will do nothing but fight for power and profit, and no one will be satisfied.

Therefore, there is a tone among the upper level, that is, since Benjamin is doing a good job, don't replace him easily, because the new one will not do better than Benjamin anyway.

Of course, everyone understands this truth... But truth is truth. If the world really followed truth, then this world would definitely be an ideal country. Don't many countries that have experienced frequent changes of government know this truth?

Yes, it’s such an obvious truth that even the failed writers on Qidian know it, so how could those high-ranking government officials not know it?

But everyone wants to have a taste of their own medicine. After all, the highest seat of power represents huge benefits. Even if you die after having a taste of your own medicine, you can still reap huge benefits. The country is in such a mess anyway, so why not let me take advantage of it... Everyone's thoughts are so simple. Even if you don't have the ability to save the country, you have the ability to make money under the guise of saving the country. Not only that, but you have a lot of it!

As for what will happen to the country in the future... I don’t care. I will step down sooner or later anyway. I have to believe in the wisdom of future generations!

There are always only a few sober people in the world, and mediocre people like you who only care about yourself are the majority... no, the vast majority, including you and me.

So you can't expect there to be many sober people in the American upper class. The real reason why everyone acquiesced is that Benjamin's public support is too high, he is very skilled, and he coordinates the power within the party very well. In addition, the other party can accept many of Benjamin's policies. There is no fundamental conflict of interests. Benjamin also has supporters in the other party, not too many, but with such a group of people, it means that the president can get an absolute majority support from both the Senate and the House of Representatives, which is very cool.

So Benjamin can hold his position firmly.

Therefore, he would not issue a pardon order casually. Maybe he would do so when he is about to leave office. But now he is very cautious about the pardon order. After all, this thing is very unfair... No matter how much meaning you give it, it still highlights one unfairness. Simply put, it is a loss of character.

Benjamin wouldn't do that...at least not easily.

Therefore, amnesty orders can be issued without publicity, and they must be carried out in secret.

Magneto is free... with limited freedom, and he needs to work for President Benjamin.

But at the end of the day, you don’t have to go to jail or go to the laboratory, so what is there to hesitate about?

Team X still has some time left, and their main task this time is to rest. They have been working for a long time and really need to rest. At the same time, Joe also needs to go back to Washington to report on the results of this period of work and to gain more support.

I have to say, Nick Fury is like some kind of dirty thing. This guy will infect wherever he goes.

During the period when Joe Biden was with the team, the president cleared out three secret bases and more than a dozen strongholds, and even uncovered an intelligence network that was still in operation.

The problem is this intelligence network. Although they have uncovered it, it has not been completely destroyed. Where does its funding come from, how to recruit personnel, how to conduct training, including the mode of operation, are all issues that must be resolved.

This intelligence network has been operating!

What does this mean? It means that everything behind this is still there.

But this is not something Qiao can solve. It requires the cooperation of multiple departments. If he and the few guns under his command are really investigated, there is no need to do anything else. The key is that this also involves foreign forces.

According to Joe's experience, their source of funds is through the Swiss Bank, the favorite bank in many film and television dramas.

In many movies and TV dramas, Swiss Bank is definitely the favorite of criminals, as if it is the safest place to keep money.

In another world... no.

Here...it's relatively safe!

Swiss banks are well-known for their strict banking secrecy regulations. Rich people may choose to keep their funds in Swiss banks to protect their financial privacy and personal information security. Swiss banks uphold the tradition of protecting customer privacy and strictly limit the disclosure of customer information to third parties, which provides a certain security for some special groups. At the same time, their funds can be very safe. Swiss banks are considered to be a relatively stable and safe financial system. Switzerland's political stability, rule of law environment and economic strength make the rich believe that putting money in Swiss banks can reduce risks and protect their wealth from political, economic or financial instability. At least you don't need to worry about the bank where you deposit money going bankrupt.

In another world, the archway of this permanent neutral country has been thrown away somewhere unknown, and has been stepped on thousands of times and spat on countless times.

There is no way, in that world, the United States is not weak, at least not so obviously. So this neutral country can't bear it.

This world is different.

America is weak.

There is a struggle for supremacy among the strongest forces in the world.

At this time, neutral countries... you'd better remain neutral. After all, you are a small country, so you can be placed wherever you are, and your priority is not high. If you don't come out to show your presence, people will just ignore you. Anyway, as long as someone reaches the top, such a small country will fall to the ground quickly. People will not waste time dealing with it. On the contrary, they will show goodwill and comfort it.

But you jumped out to join the team... You little Karami, if you pretend to be transparent, others really don't bother to pay attention to you, but if you join the team, it means you jump out and slap the face of a big country. Who can tolerate this?

Fortunately, the neutral countries are very sensible.

Desperately holding on to the archway of permanent neutrality.

Big brothers can’t see me, can’t see me!

So their banking laws are still so unique and full of style.

This is still the safest bank in the world.

Of course...if you want to say it's absolutely safe, that doesn't exist. If the big brothers ask you to check something, you won't refuse, right?

Of course not, I just ask you not to tell others that I told you.

Well, that's about it.

On the surface, everyone respects neutrality, but in fact, the neutral country has the softest posture, and it will take whatever shape the big brothers like.

She appears to be pure and innocent on the surface, but in fact, she spends more money than anyone else in private.

But no matter whether she was pure and innocent or fickle, this part was not Lao Qiao's responsibility, and no one else could care about him. So he had to hand over this part of the work.

This way, everyone can move freely in New York.

Max naturally had to go to Pietro's house.

The father and his two sons had a pleasant afternoon, and then they went to Kai's place to pay their respects to the pier the next day.

After all, Marx has been in society for so many years, he knows too well the disadvantages of having no backing.

When he was in the motorcycle gang, he still knew how to build good relationships with the bosses above him. What's more, now that he has run to the government department, that is where the bosses gather, and any one of them can kill him.

There was no problem before. The worst that could happen was that I could just lose the biker gang and run away. It didn't matter where I went.

But now I have a son and a daughter, so it’s not convenient.

So I must have a big brother who I worship, if for no other reason than to tell others that I have someone to protect me! Don't cheat me!

Yes, that’s all Marx pursues. He doesn’t seek a great future… He’s already this old. If it were before, he could have considered buying a coffin for himself. Now he has a son and a daughter, so he really doesn’t want to bother with that X team. He has also thought about it. He does what he should do. He doesn’t touch anything he shouldn’t do. What stands out is that he just wants to get by.

When the time comes, retire!

In a few years anyway.

The retirement age in the United States is flexible to a certain extent according to personal choice. The normal retirement age varies according to the date of birth and the revised Social Security Act, and is roughly between 66 and 67 years old. Specifically, the retirement age for people born in 1937 and earlier is 65, the retirement age for those born between 1943 and 1954 is 66, and the retirement age for those born in 1960 and after is 1960. In addition, Americans can also choose to retire early and start receiving pensions as early as the age of 67, but the amount will be reduced by 62% to 25% accordingly. At the same time, there are proposals to postpone the statutory retirement age to 35 or 68 to meet the challenges of the pension system, but it has not yet been implemented.

After a few years, my daughter is about to get married and have children.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to take care of the children at that time? It can also make up for the regret of never growing up with the children, and taking care of grandchildren is also a kind of re-experience.

(End of this chapter)