Chapter 1015 What Does It Have to Do with Me?

"Just brag. Do you think Zi Qi doesn't know that you have already fallen into Qian's eyes?" Fan Wubing was drinking tea with a palm-sized teapot. After listening to Lao Chen's self-proclaimed words, he couldn't help but He pointed at Lao Chen with the spout and said to Wan Qi.

Cuiqi smiled and picked up a small green jade teacup and took a sip. Naturally, she couldn't just pick up the teapot and drink it without caring about her image like Fan Wubing did.

Lao Chen scratched his hair in distress, and then said to Fan Wubing, "You can't rely on your wealth to slander my character in front of the younger generation. Although I have advantages and disadvantages, my advantages account for at least 90% of them." Half! When have you ever cheated on something like this?”

Fan Wubing smiled. "**His merits and demerits are equal to 30% to 70%, but with you, his merits are 95%? Doesn't that mean you are even more awesome than him?"

The three of them chatted and laughed, and then they realized that Lao Chen had been undertaking this business for more than two years.

"Actually, this job is really difficult to do," Lao Chen said. "Although I am not directly involved in the specific work, the feedback from my subordinates is very discouraging. For example, if a sample survey finds you, Mr. Fan, will you be honest?" Will you explain your income and property status to our investigators?”

Fan Wubing smiled and shook his head and said, "Of course it's impossible. This is a personal matter. Why should I tell them? Besides, a large part of my personal income comes from overseas earnings, which is obviously difficult to calculate. ”

Old Chen clapped his hands. "Isn't that right! No rich person is willing to cooperate with this kind of survey. The Chinese tradition is that people are afraid of being famous and others are afraid of being strong. No one wants to be the first. So the kind of survey conducted by the Bureau of Statistics is Hire a group of young people to go around and fill in some random data. Do you think there is a definite leader?"

Fan Wubing nodded in agreement that this inaccuracy was almost certain. Because the rich basically belong to the privileged class in the country, their voice is significantly higher than that of ordinary people. To a large extent, they may or have affected certain policy directions of the government, so it is very difficult to get to know their bottom line.

Through various influence and operating methods, these people try to avoid exposing their property or encountering heavy taxes. When the government faces huge pressure from a large group of wealthy people from such a privileged class, it will naturally We need to carefully consider what will happen if heavy taxes are implemented?

Over time. Naturally, the poor are getting poorer, the rich are getting richer, and polarization is becoming more and more severe.

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Actually. These are the two measurement standards promoted by the current government. Whether it is the per capita cash income of rural residents or the per capita disposable income of urban residents, these two income standards do not meet international standards and largely underestimate the income gap between and even within urban and rural residents.

The disposable income of urban residents refers to the income after deducting various taxes and fees. Compared with rural residents, urban residents have social security, medical, education and other benefits, which cannot be included in per capita disposable income statistics. Owner-occupied housing for urban and rural residents. They are not included in family income.”

However, according to international practice, even if it is a self-occupied house, the rent should be calculated at market price. If this is included, the income gap between and within urban and rural areas will further widen.

And go one step further. Tens of millions of civil servants across the country enjoy public medical care, which is not included in the current statistics at all.

For example, a family of civil servants in a big city may have a disposable income of five to six thousand yuan per month, but they own a two-bedroom house for rent in the city, which generates a market price of three thousand yuan in rental income every month, and they also enjoy Various in-kind benefits and unit-organized tours, etc.

Many families never even need to buy rice or oil from the market. Adults and children in the family enjoy publicly funded medical care.

This kind of family. The income has been underestimated by at least 70%. As for the benefits enjoyed by cadres at all levels such as private cars, drivers, secretaries, and senior cadre wards, there is no way to calculate it.

In addition to the statistical caliber, during the investigation process, local statistics are limited by the limitations of manpower and material resources. The number of sample surveys that can be done every year is extremely narrow. General sampling surveys require at least a sampling rate of one thousandth, while domestic sampling Surveys often only reach one in 10,000.

Take Shenzhen as an example. The urban household survey of this megacity, which may actually have a population of tens of millions. At present there are only one hundred households.

"The statistical sampling data from inland areas is even worse," Lao Chen said to Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing nodded. He had also studied probability theory and mathematical statistics. He knew that when conducting a sample survey, he should try to achieve an even distribution of samples. In other words, the more similar the statistical data are, the more accurate the results will be.

The current status quo is that the Bureau of Statistics will coordinate with the neighborhood committees of the selected areas. The neighborhood committee helps select families that are willing to cooperate, which encounters more difficulties.

Even if households are willing to cooperate, it is difficult to determine whether they have truthfully filled out their property and income declarations. Often households with high incomes tend to conceal their income. This resulted in the survey of high-income groups released by the Bureau of Statistics being negative. Among the top ten occupations for "high-income people", there are neither civil servants nor employees of central enterprises. Among all the people surveyed, the highest monthly income is only more than 10,000 yuan.

"If we cannot determine the cause of the social gap between rich and poor, we cannot propose accurate solutions." Fan Wubing explained to Shen Ying, who was a little confused. "If the cause of the gap between rich and poor is not clear, then we cannot take the right measures. As for the solution, the current domestic income gap problem is very complex. The real solution to the problem should be to eliminate the dual system of urban and rural divisions, rather than to impose unified taxes on high-income groups and increase the already heavy tax burden on the Chinese people. Well, this is not that I am against increasing taxes on high-income groups. In fact, currently in China, heavy taxes should be levied on people with an annual income of more than one million. For example, it is more reasonable for the tax rate to reach or exceed 50%. of."

Shen Ying asked in surprise, "Doesn't that mean that the taxes you need to pay every year will exceed hundreds of billions?!"

Fan Wubing smiled and replied, "If they can really implement this tax policy, I personally don't care. Money is just a number to me. What I'm afraid of is that some people will jump out and be the first to oppose it. , after all, this will directly affect the vital interests of the privileged class. Of course, I believe that the government does not have the courage to do so. You must know that no matter how the times change, the people who have the power will always be the richest. of level

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"Oh, these things are so complicated," Hui Qi shook his head and sighed after hearing this.

In fact, the most important issue of the wealth gap in the country is caused by the inequality of opportunities, especially the gap in educational opportunities between urban and rural areas. The difference between developed and poor areas, especially the unfairness in the educational opportunities they provide, has led to the greatest inequality in the differentiation between rich and poor in the past decade. Two-thirds of the changes in urban income distribution can be attributed to the increase in investment in education. Uneven.

Fan Wubing said. "I have heard a saying before that the human capital of the people is the final factor that determines the national wealth of a country. I think this is more reasonable. But until now, we have not understood the reasons and changes in the domestic income gap. We must fully understand the process. If we cannot determine the causes of social differentiation between rich and poor through quantitative analysis, we cannot propose accurate solutions. We must know that it is always inappropriate to rely solely on perceptual knowledge to determine policy directions.”

"Drink tea, drink tea. Don't talk about national affairs." Lao Chen probably had no interest in this kind of thing anymore, or he no longer had confidence in it, so he pointed at the ink banner hanging on the wall and said to Fan Wu Bian said.

Fan Wubing turned around and took a look, and sure enough he saw a "Don't talk about state affairs" banner hanging inside the teahouse. I couldn't help but feel a bit dumbfounded. We have always emphasized the participation of citizens in political affairs. Why did this teahouse suddenly hang the customary banners from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China on the wall?

It’s really weird!

Although the things Lao Chen did were depressing, the benefits were very good, so Lao Chen enthusiastically invited Fan Wubing and Hui Qi to play tennis together later.

"With your physique, can you still play tennis now?" Di Wubing looked at Lao Chen and asked with some doubt.

The current Lao Chen. Without the pressure of work, he became his own boss. With the help of the relationship network he had formed at CCTV over the years, coupled with the current convenient conditions, it was very convenient to bribe several key leaders, so the business was very popular. It can be said that I feel like a fish in water, making money every day, so I am in a good mood.

Feeling better. As a result, Lao Chen's physique became stronger, or rather fatter. Therefore, Fan Wubing looked at Lao Chen, whose weight was reaching 170 kilograms, and naturally wondered whether he could play tennis. A super physically demanding game?

"Mr. Fan, you are looking down on me. I am not fat, this is all muscle!" Old Chen shook his belly and said to Fan Wubing with a smile.

Fan Wubing and Zhang Qi looked at Lao Chen's big belly shaking like water ripples. Neither of them smiled. After all, it would be too detrimental to the IQ of the two of them to say that these are not fat but abdominal muscles.

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On the way to the tennis court together, Zhang Qi asked Fan Wubing, "We talked about the issue of income inequality all afternoon, won't it affect your mood?"

Fan Wubing replied while driving, "Of course not. As the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you will not seek the government. I am just a businessman, and I still have a little patriotic enthusiasm at most. What is the responsibility of the government for me? What should I say? Headache, only Boss Zhu or Dad need to consider it