"No, no, no, doctor, although it would be a good thing if you could provide more funds, that's not why I asked you to come." Of course, Benjamin was also worried about money, but Trask did.
After donating a lot, Benjamin has not yet reached the point of arresting a wealthy person. "I have something more important that you need to do. This matter is even related to the survival of the entire human race."
After hearing what the president said was so serious, Trask also calmed down and looked at President Benjamin seriously.
Currently, Trask is the leader of Team
The purpose of the Sentinel Project has been adjusted, changing the target from mutants to enemies of humanity.
After learning about the vastness of the universe and the weakness of human beings, Trask realized how ridiculous and insignificant his previous views were. After breaking free from the shackles of the past, he instead saw another prospect of the Sentinel Project from the mutants, which was
Combined with the characteristics of mutants, super sentinels were developed to fight against threats that threaten the survival of all mankind.
Of course, due to changes in the plan goals, many early plans and results needed to be overturned and redone. This was also the reason why Trask had little money. After all, pushing those results and re-researching them would cost a lot of money.
Even if this project is government investment.
Benjamin's attitude towards Trask is completely different from that of Steve and Carter. Although Trask is just a businessman, he has cooperated a lot with the government, and anyone who has come into contact with Trask will know that the dwarf in front of him is like a giant.
vision, and a pattern that is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
This is a dwarf in body and a giant in mind.
In a word, Benjamin trusts Trask. At least Trask is more trustworthy than Carter and Steve.
So Benjamin didn't play any tricks to fight for the initiative, but directly stated his request.
"You mean SHIELD...how is this possible?" Trask was well-informed, but he didn't expect the president to actually tell him that SHIELD was conducting a secret research that could destroy the world, even a few days ago.
The monster siege of the sky is the result of this research... What the hell...
Trask has really come into contact with S.H.I.E.L.D. But the concepts between the two are too far apart. He even did some things to recruit S.H.I.E.L.D., which got Trask into some trouble, but for his relationship with the government
It's really good, otherwise he might really get tricked, so he has a very bad impression of SHIELD.
But one thing he also admitted was that SHIELD was indeed committed to protecting the world.
Even if their methods are not that upright, so what? Could it be that what Traisk did was just upright?
As long as the purpose is good, he doesn't care at all about the process and means.
Now the president tells him that SHIELD... is likely to destroy the world.
Trask could not be shocked.
However, he did not doubt that the president was framed. After all, for such a big matter, how could it be said that it was framed?
"There is nothing impossible. SHIELD has broken away from the control of the federal government a long time ago. They have lost control. They want to bring the whole world under their control... Speaking of which, the federal government also has a role in this matter.
They shirk their responsibilities and actually allow such an organization to expand unhindered and disorderly. They are no longer satisfied with the power they have today, they want more."
Benjamin can actually understand SHIELD's approach. For any large organization, no matter what its purpose is, its own survival and development are the organization's most basic and original desires. This has nothing to do with who will preside over this organization.
The organization has nothing to do with it.
When the FBI was first established, it was just a small agency with no one in charge. However, after decades of development, it has long since broken away from the so-called "police" category at the beginning and has become an organization integrating intelligence collection, law enforcement, and violence.
A super organization with a series of responsibilities such as machines. Does the FBI need to monitor domestic politicians? Does the FBI need to control politics? Does the FBI need to suppress other intelligence organizations? The FBI and the CIA are not on the same line at all, but they have come into being.
A lot of disputes and competition.
This is the logic of existence of super organizations. Constant expansion, constant grabbing of power, never-ending.
Fortunately, Hoover is dead, otherwise, the FBI would not know what would have happened.
But understanding is understanding, and Benjamin still wants to prevent such a thing from happening. Just like the ecology of nature, once one party develops out of balance, the entire ecology will be in crisis. If SHIELD continues to develop, it will inevitably threaten the federal government, and even more
What's more, if they do something like that, they are simply making fun of the life and death of all mankind!
Therefore, it must be suppressed, or even... destroyed!
"Is that so..." Trask didn't expect SHIELD to have developed to this point. Originally a secret agency born out of the federal government, it has threatened the existence of the federal government, and even threatened the existence of the entire human race. It is indeed necessary
Control!
"I understand, Mr. President, what do you want me to do?"
"Team X, I need them to be ready. This time the target is SHIELD. So, I now authorize that Team
The mission is to recruit personnel and start an investigation against SHIELD! When necessary... destroy it by force!"
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In fact, on this day, Benjamin not only met with Carter and Trask, but also with the FBI and CIA, but they only met with a very small number of groups, and these groups were all screened through layers of screening.
As a mature politician, Benjamin never intended to put his eggs in one basket. He would never let Shadow Agency or Agent X develop into the second S.H.I.E.L.D.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Benjamin has already planned to completely split the assets of SHIELD and divide them among several organizations at the same time to achieve balance.
This is also a common tactic used by Americans to prevent the concentration of power.
Create more checks and balances.
Facts have proved that this is very effective, but it is a bit bloated. But it doesn't matter, the United States can handle it.
SHIELD knows nothing about this. No, it's not like they know nothing. At least they know that the federal government's actions have been mediocre recently, but the relevant information is very scarce. There is no way to know what the federal government is doing.
What to do.
But based on the current situation, S.H.I.E.L.D.’s intelligence analysis section concluded that the federal government is taking some major actions for post-disaster reconstruction.
Nick Fury instinctively felt that there was something wrong with this conclusion, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
After all, he couldn't have imagined that in just one day, S.H.I.E.L.D. would suddenly flip from the role of protector of the world to the destroyer of the world... This span is too big, no matter how big Nick Fury's imagination is.
, it is impossible to think of this step.
After all, he himself has always believed that his and SHIELD's cause is correct. Just like Hitler has always believed that his cause is just.
Paranoid people are more likely to succeed. However, they can also turn a blind eye to many things because of their paranoia.
For example, he doesn't know yet how his role has changed.
Nick Fury felt something was wrong because the lack of intelligence, especially the lack of intelligence on the White House, made him feel very irritated.
That's right, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been monitoring the White House.
In Nick Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D., the President of the White House, the most powerful position in the world, is a target that must be guarded against. If the White House does not make a decision, it will cause shock to the world. For the sake of world peace, the President must be monitored in order to
Prevent unnecessary crises.
This makes sense, right?
After all, SHIELD is the guardian of the world. It needs to be responsible for the world.
In the eyes of SHIELD and Nick Fury, no one in this world does not need supervision, except themselves.
But soon, the president's speech in Congress dispelled some of Nick Fury's doubts.
The President is imposing taxes!
The United States has always advocated liberalism and likes to tout the free market and leave everything to the market. For example, when there was a huge school shooting incident, the first response of the U.S. government was not to ban robberies or to strengthen campus security.
Instead, introduce a free market and let insurance companies enter the market!
If liberalism is touted, then big government will naturally become an obstacle, and the free market does not require government intervention.
Those capitalists wish that the government didn't care about anything. It would be best if the heads of government played poker in the White House every day a long time ago. (The 29th President of the United States, Warren G. Harding, and his famous poker cabinet are notorious for not caring about anything.
Just focus on corruption and bribery)
As for tax increases?
Huh? Basically any tax increase in the United States will receive extremely fierce opposition, except for tax increases on the rich.
Of course, this kind of thing is nothing to the rich. Because rich Americans always have ways to avoid taxes, legally.
Many people like to talk about the charity of rich Americans, saying that Americans will do charity when they have money. They despise the people in their own country who are rich and unkind. Even doing charity is just a show, and double standards arise.
Such people are either stupid or bad. Charity is a business in the United States!
Because you can avoid taxes.
Many people say that rich Americans will not leave money to their children, but will only leave their life experiences and wisdom to future generations. This is pure nonsense! If this is really the case, how did those wealthy families come from?
The real situation is that in the United States, inheritance and property gifts are subject to heavy taxes! Direct inheritance means that a large amount of money needs to be paid to the government! (A generation of the famous Rockefeller family, in order to let their sons inherit the property, in
Before the property gift tax was officially levied, I 'donated' all my property to my son, so I didn't pay a penny of tax. In addition, there was already an inheritance tax at that time, and it was getting higher and higher. Nowadays
Inheritance tax is probably half, half of all assets, including real estate, art, etc., all assessed and then half levied)
Therefore, family funds and charitable funds have become the best ‘legacy’.
Because you don’t have to pay taxes. (You don’t have to pay inheritance tax and property gift tax, but if the fund generates income, you still have to pay taxes.)
So many parents of the rich second generation will say, I will not leave any money to my descendants. All the money will be donated to the charity foundation I established, so that they can become free and hardworking people, blah blah blah, etc.
, but it’s hard to say what career those rich second generations will take in the future. They must be the actual controllers of charitable foundations.
Therefore, it is actually very, very difficult to tax the rich because it is impossible to collect them at all.
So why did Benjamin do this?
Raising taxes on the broad middle class? That will affect career prospects!
Raising taxes on the rich will not only make little money, but will also be targeted by the wealthy class, causing more losses than gains.
The answer will be announced soon.
Tax traditional energy!
And increase heavy taxes!
The petrochemical industry will be levied an additional 25% tax rate! This is a simple increase!
This was unimaginable before!
After all, the energy industry is related to national security, and any tax increase will cause unrest.
But something magical happened. Except for the major traditional energy companies who reacted violently, everyone else was in a stable mood and even applauded the president loudly.
When Nick Fury saw this, he immediately understood that this was the president's plan to attack traditional energy interest groups.
This is no small matter.
At the same time, Nick Fury also admitted that this action may seem dangerous, but it is actually not as difficult as imagined.
First of all, the president is talking about environmental protection.
This is politically correct, especially since the Atlanteans went to war against the land people because of environmental protection, it is even more politically correct.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Secondly, traditional energy sources are outdated. After China announced that the micro controllable reactor has been successfully tested and plans to promote it as quickly as possible, the traditional energy sources such as oil have
The importance has further declined. The structure of the petrodollar no longer has a foundation. After all, major countries have begun to get rid of their dependence on oil.
The new energy industry in the United States has made great progress after the intervention of Stark Group. At this stage, more than half of the power grids in the United States have begun to connect to new energy sources and no longer rely on fossil energy for power generation.
Afterwards, Stark Group launched new energy vehicles, new energy aircraft and other projects.
This has once again aggravated the decline in the status of traditional energy.
Therefore, national energy security no longer needs to rely on fossil energy.
Secondly, domestic political forces also support this matter. Not to mention new energy interest groups, they want all traditional energy sources to die! Secondly, other interest groups also have to pull out a fat pig to slaughter because of the difficult times the country is facing.
At this stage, everyone in the United States is crying out for help and needs money!
As if they were afraid that these traditional energy groups would not die quickly enough, Congress also proposed to launch an environmental investigation... It is basically self-evident who this is aimed at.
In this way, a large fine will become a large sum of money!
Benjamin didn't specifically use this to confuse SHIELD. Although SHIELD was important, it had not reached this point. Taxation was the focus, and SHIELD was incidental.
But this effect is surprisingly good.
Although Nick Fury has doubts, he is really relieved. As for the collapse of the White House intelligence network, even if he is unhappy, what can he do to argue with the president?
This can only be done slowly, and at the same time, he must be careful to prevent the White House from contacting SHIELD about this matter.
This is terrible.
Nick Fury is finding that all is not going well lately.
So...he is even more eager to gain insight into the plan!
He needs to take concrete actions to let others dispel their doubts about S.H.I.E.L.D. After all, after several consecutive crises, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s performance... is really unsatisfactory.
As for the controversy arising from the Insight Project... Nick Fury believes that as long as the Insight Project is launched, all the debates will be just debates!
