American tax officials

Chapter 286 Negotiations with the Military-Industrial Complex

David nodded and asked, "When will they come?"

"They're already in Los Angeles and can come anytime."

"Then let them come over."

"it is good."

Sean immediately took out his phone and started dialing a number.

About half an hour later, there was a knock on the office door, and a middle-aged man in a suit pushed the door open and entered, followed by three men and one woman.

Upon seeing them enter, Sean immediately stood up, shook hands with them, and greeted them. He then turned to David and introduced them: "Director David, this is Stephens Hayes, a member of the board of directors of Raytheon; this is Mark Edwards, head of defense at Boeing; and this is…"

After Sean introduced the names and positions of the five men one by one, the five men came up with friendly smiles and shook hands with David.

After reaching a preliminary understanding, David gestured for the group to sit down, then discreetly began to scrutinize them.

[Name: Stephens Haze]

[Occupation: Board member of Raytheon.]

[Income: Legal annual income of US$2111 million, illegal income of US$1640 million.]

[Details of income: On December 11, 2021, bribed the royal family of Qatar with US$20 million to secure a military procurement order from the country, from which he profited US$2 million; on February 3, 2022, bribed an official of the Pentagon's procurement department with US$5 million to secure a military order, from which he ultimately profited US$12 million...]

[More details: ...]

Taxes payable: US$633.6 million.

……

[Name: Mark Edwards]

[Occupation: Head of Defense at Boeing]

[Income: Annual legal income of US$863.6 million, and illegal income of US$1020 million.]

[Income details...]

[More details: ...]

Taxes payable: US$403.9 million.

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"really"

As information about these individuals continued to appear before his eyes, David secretly thought to himself, "Just as I expected."

He knew that interest groups like military-industrial complexes could never be completely clean when it came to taxes, and this investigation proved him right.

Of course, he wasn't just referring to these few people. Although they had made a lot of money by abusing their power, they were nothing compared to the entire group behind them.

Take Raytheon for example.

Their company uses the method of "capitalizing R&D expenses" to evade taxes. As the name suggests, they will claim to have invested a lot of R&D funds in a certain R&D project and capitalize these expenses instead of listing them as expenditures directly. This can reduce the amount of taxable income to some extent.

But there's a lot that can be done here.

They can claim to have invested 10 billion or 100 billion, but the actual R&D expenses may not even reach 200 billion.

As a massive interest group with a military-industrial complex, Raytheon has been largely ignored by the National Tax Administration, which has turned a blind eye to its activities for many years.

In addition to this method, these military-industrial complexes also use various means to circumvent taxes, such as transfer pricing, defense secret agreements, and high debt ratios to reduce their tax burden.

But that's not actually the most domineering thing.

These military-industrial complexes can even manipulate Congress to create various floating tax avoidance policies for themselves, which is the most domineering thing!

Military-industrial complex, indeed lives up to its name.

No wonder it's a huge interest group that can rival the Freemasons!

Having gained a glimpse into the approximate strength of the military-industrial group—or rather, the Onsa Group—David's desire to leverage its power grew stronger.

"Cough cough..."

Seeing that David remained silent for a long time, Sean quickly coughed to remind him.

David then snapped out of his reverie, collected his thoughts, and asked with feigned confusion, "Gentlemen, our IRS doesn't have any business dealings or cooperation with you. May I ask the purpose of your visit...?"

"It's nothing. We're just here on behalf of our respective companies to express our gratitude to Director David."

"Thank you?"

"Well, Congress is currently preparing the W aid bill, and this bill will be awarded to one of our five major companies. So our company asked us to come and express our gratitude to Director David in person. That's all."

Boeing's Mark didn't explicitly say that we were after the money; instead, he gave David a knowing look.

"oh……"

David looked like he suddenly understood.

"Oh, by the way, Director David, the funding for the W Act is in the hundreds of billions. I wonder... is there anything we can do to help?"

Raytheon's Stephens made this somewhat intriguing remark.

David showed some interest and asked, "Then why don't you tell me how you can help?"

The five men exchanged glances, then each took out a document from their briefcases or suitcases and placed it on the table.

"What is this?"

"This is a small token of our appreciation from our various companies. Director David, please take a look and see if it can be of any help to you."

David immediately picked up Mark's file and began to examine it. As the contents came into view, his expression subtly changed.

The document sent by the other party contained information about businesses and families in Los Angeles and other places that were suspected of having tax problems.

It seems that these military-industrial complexes are afraid that the remaining 400-500 billion in aid to the W bill will not be completed or will be delayed, so they came to submit materials and push things along.

He wondered why these five major military-industrial complexes would come to him to express their gratitude; it turned out they had this in mind.

Putting his thoughts aside, David picked up the documents from the remaining major companies and began to examine them.

After reviewing the remaining documents, David's gaze sharpened as he stared at the group and said, "You've got a good plan, aren't you? Are you trying to use me as a 'knife'?"

Mark immediately waved his hand and said, "Director David, you're exaggerating. Our major companies genuinely consider you a friend, not a weapon."

"Among these documents of yours are quite a few companies controlled by Jews. Aren't you using me as a weapon?"

Indeed, the remaining four documents clearly point out numerous Yotah family members and businesses with tax problems, which is why David expressed his dissatisfaction.

As he just said, these military-industrial complexes have a good plan. In order to quickly obtain huge profits, they are willing to let him target the Jews. Although he has been targeting the Jews himself recently, he still feels like he is being used.

The five men turned and looked at each other. The aid bill was still several tens of billions short. If they wanted to get the money from the bill as soon as possible, they could only encourage David to continue to take action against the wealthy Jews. Otherwise, how could they get the money quickly?

Thinking of this, Mark said, "Don't get agitated, Director David. The Disney family and the Sackler family are also Jews, and you've already taken action against them. So what are these people we submitted to you? We just wanted to help you."

"You make it sound so easy. You all know very well that the Jews are not to be trifled with. I've already angered them by messing with the Disney and Sackler families. If I were to do what you suggest and take action against them, what if they actually retaliate against me?"

"You don't need to worry about that, Chief David. I can assure you, they absolutely wouldn't dare to retaliate against you!"

"That's hard to say. What if they become desperate and do something rash?"

"So what do you want, Chief David?"

Having said that, Mark realized that David wasn't entirely dissatisfied, but rather trying to take advantage of him.

"I know that once the aid bill is passed, your five major arms companies will split this multi-billion dollar order, and each of you will make a fortune. But I should get something too, right?"

The five people were taken aback when they heard this. Didn't they say that David didn't charge money?

Could the information be incorrect?

"That's natural, we'll..."

"etc……"

David knew that the other party had misunderstood him, so he interrupted, "What I mean is that I am under a lot of pressure to raise this amount of funds, and I hope you can help me share some of that pressure."

"What pressure are you sharing?"

"To be honest, I've been under a lot of pressure from those Jews lately. They even reached an agreement with the higher-ups at our IRS to prevent me from being promoted to head office. I hope you can help me with this."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people from the five major arms companies all frowned.

They wanted David to quickly raise funds for the Aid Act so they could make a fortune, but they were also unwilling to involve them in the conflict with the Jewish group.

After all, these people are not to be trifled with. We're just doing business, and our main goal is to make money peacefully. There's no need to engage in this kind of life-or-death struggle.

"What, you don't want to?"

"No, I think you're overdoing it, Director David. Given your contributions to the IRS, unless the higher-ups at headquarters have lost their minds, they'll definitely promote you to headquarters."

Mark dodged the question.

David, of course, understood their evasiveness and said in a deep voice, "Gentlemen, didn't you just say you wanted to be friends with me? To be friends, you have to show some sincerity. If you don't even have that much sincerity and only think about your own gain, then you can't be called friends!"

"That's not what we meant. We're just business people, and we're afraid we're a bit too capable to lobby the higher-ups at your IRS."

"Mr. Mark, do you think I'm a fool?"

David stared at him sharply.

On the surface, the five major military-industrial complexes are just doing business, but behind them stands the Onsa Group, whose power in the United States is not to be underestimated, including by high-ranking officials in the IRS.

If they step forward, it might not guarantee David immediate entry into headquarters, but it would certainly offset the Freemasons' restrictions on him.

Seeing the five people remain silent, David continued, "Gentlemen, take a long-term view. I believe you are all well aware that the $1000 billion in aid to the W Act is just the initial funding. As for how much more will be added later, no one can say for sure."

"At present, the United States' finances cannot afford the subsequent funding, so it is no exaggeration to say that if you want to obtain a lot of benefits in the future, you will have to rely on me. I can bring you returns, while those Jews can't give you anything!"

After these powerful words, the representatives of the five major military-industrial complexes displayed various expressions.

They certainly knew that the $1000 billion in aid from the W Act was only the initial funding, and that there would definitely be additional funding as long as the war continued.

According to the Pentagon's current analysis, this war will not end in a few months or a year or two.

This means that if they want to profit from this in the future, they will likely have to rely on David.

David's words hit their weak spot.

They didn't want to clash with the Jews, but they also didn't want to return to the unprofitable, half-dead state they had been in for the past few years.

After carefully considering the pros and cons, the five exchanged glances, and finally Mark spoke up: "Alright, Director David, I'll discuss this with the other senior executives in our company when we get back, and then I'll give you an answer. Is that alright?"

"No problem. Oh, right, there's one more thing. If your higher-ups agree, then this is just a small favor, consider it another way of doing me a favor..."

Didn't the Freemasons plant Bellamy Hardy and Brown Soros in headquarters to try and sabotage him?

David's request for a small favor from the five major military-industrial complexes was quite simple: if the agreement was reached, he would also ask them to work together to remove the two men from headquarters. This would be seen as using the influence of the Onsa Group to retaliate against the Freemasons.

"Alright, we'll relay your message to our superiors when we get back. Director David, Mr. Sean, we'll take our leave now..."

Goodbye, everyone...

After the representatives from the five major arms companies left, David turned to Sean, who was still sitting, and asked, "Do you think they will agree to my demands?"

I think so!

Sean answered without hesitation.

"How so?"

"As you know, the previous president adopted a policy of military austerity during his term, which caused these military-industrial complexes to suffer greatly. Now that they have finally ushered in an EW war, it is like dogs seeing hot shit. They will never give up this opportunity to recover."

Sean continued, "Last year, the debt of the United States exceeded 30 trillion US dollars, and the deficit reached a staggering 2.77 trillion US dollars, marking the largest increase since 07. In other words, the treasury will absolutely not be able to pay for their orders. So you were right about one thing: if they want to obtain more benefits in the future, they can only rely on you. They will understand that."

(End of this chapter)