Chapter 1553: Everyone is happy(2/2)
Because this can only show that a country has too many tax loopholes, which are too numerous to be reasonable.
Of course, no matter how unreasonable it is, as long as it is legal, right?
So the question arises again?
Why are there any gangster or rich people, small business owners or middle class who are afraid that someone will suddenly say you want to check your taxes?
Since they are all legal, why are you afraid?
Can we reasonably infer that because too many people are actually evading taxes, they cannot stand the investigation? That is why they are afraid from top to bottom.
This is the last question.
Too many people evade taxes, why can they succeed?
Very simple.
Because the IRS is not as powerful as outsiders imagine, it is just an ordinary government department in the United States, and it is not much more capable than the powerful departments such as the FBI, CIA, etc. Not only that, such a department is also like a dredger in a toilet, and is used very frequently by power agencies at all levels in the United States as a tool of coercion. Anyone who needs it will use it.
It's that simple.
Of course, everyone needs to do a good job of superficial articles.
This is the case with the IRS today. The articles that should be done must be done. Although Simon does not intend to transfer the funds back to the United States for tens of billions of dollars, he still wants to give the IRS a decent step, take out a batch of money and submit it as taxes, and at the same time, he will be properly promoted in the media.
Westeros has fulfilled its obligations as a taxpayer, and the IRS, the White House and Congress have also fulfilled their obligations. Voters have been able to get there to be comforted when they see that Westeros system has paid a batch of taxes. At least the group of people who are having a good meal in Washington are doing things, so they voted for the votes they should vote.
Everyone was very happy.
After finishing this, the next day was December 3rd, Friday.
The preheating of the TV broadcast of the Dimensions Show next week is still hot, and another box office week in the end of the year in North America has also come to an end.
A box office week from November 26 to December 2, because Thanksgiving has passed, there were no new films released last Friday. The box office this week is crucial to the overall trend of a series of Thanksgiving films.
Without any suspense, "Cylinder 2" easily won the championship again.
The following week of release, this super blockbuster with a total investment of US$240 million was finally hit by a considerable 45% weekly decline, closing another US$71.86 million, and it also easily pushed the cumulative box office to 200 million, reaching US$202.51 million.
It exceeded 200 million in both weeks, an absolutely outstanding result.
Moreover, the 45% drop in the next week is also very good compared to the 130 million box office volume in the first week of the film.
However, because the decline in the next week exceeded 40%, according to Warner's official forecast, there is still suspense whether North American mainland can exceed 400 million in the next week. That is to say, if the decline in the next week was controlled within 40%, it would be very stable to break 400 million, but now, there is a lot of suspense.
Of course, the cumulative box office exceeded 200 million in two weeks of release, and the next 300 million threshold is easy.
Immediately afterwards, the second place was still "Racing Story".
Because of the type, "Racing Movement" entered a short period of cold weather between the gratitude period and the Christmas period, with a single-week decline of 39%, which is higher than the 37% decline last week, and it closed another $24.39 million.
Still expected.
The cumulative box office of this 3D animated film thus reached US$127.95 million.
Unlike "Cylinder 2" and "007 Casino Royale", which will only be impacted by the new film, the next Christmas schedule will be launched quickly, due to fixed market demand, "Racing Movement" will have a wave of performance. Therefore, even if the decline this week reaches 39%, the threshold of 200 million yuan is still not very suspense.
Next is "Casino Royale" which ranked third. After being hit by "Cyborg 2" the next week, the film's decline slightly converged to 43% this week, which was somewhat unsatisfactory. The film continued to earn US$20.97 million, with a cumulative box office of US$132.88 million.
As expected, compared with the initial 150 million, it may be about 10 million more, but it stopped there.
Chapter completed!