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Following Prescott, some Freemasonry members who shared the same opinion also stood up.

However, when they heard there might be conflicts with the Angsa people, many members, especially the three Bennett brothers, were dumbfounded.

"Damn it, if you want to go after the IRS, go after the IRS, how did it get tied to the Angsa people?"

This is freaking ridiculous!

Bennett couldn't take it anymore and directly glared at the member who had spoken and demanded, "Lemore, what you said about clashing with the Angsa people is rather baffling, isn't it?"

The woman named Lemore glanced at him disdainfully and then said, "You think, why did the Black Tax Bill pass? It's because of the fiscal crunch."

"This year, our America's military spending is set to increase by 0.9% compared to last year, about 71 billion US dollars. Since the war started in February, America has announced that it would significantly provide military aid. The Pentagon has already placed procurement orders with several major arms companies. Where do you think that money is going to come from?"

At this point, anyone in the room who still didn't understand, didn't deserve to be sitting here.

Simply put, America's finances were already stretched thin, but there were expenses everywhere, especially the aid for fighting that the White House regarded as a top priority.

In fact, the aid for combating was met with opposition from many citizens at home.

After all, these citizens thought, what's the point of helping foreigners in combat?

It would be better to spend that money on beneficial public services like education and healthcare.

But the White House had their strategic considerations and felt it was necessary to provide the aid, creating some conflict with public opinion.

Resolving this conflict wasn't difficult, just don't divert other budget funds for so-called military support.

And now, under the vigorous enforcement by David, the Black Tax Bill indeed had raised a large sum of money that could be used for military support budgets.

This was also the reason why the White House was overjoyed.

Of course, not only were they elated, but major arms companies like General Dynamics and Lockheed were also delighted.

After all, if the budget could be increased by the revenue from the Black Tax Bill from the IRS, they could get their money sooner rather than later and not end up with a pile of bad debts and having to argue with the Pentagon about it. Discover stories at empire

And who controls these major arms companies?

Naturally, the Angsa group.

This was why Lemore had just said that pushing the Black Tax Bill might incur the displeasure of the Angsa group.

Understanding this, the Freemasonry members who were just supporting the idea of using the abolition of the Black Tax Bill to strike at the IRS fell silent, but they were just silent. It was the three Bennett brothers who were truly anxious.

They were so close to persuading most of the people to act, but now Prescott and Lemore had nearly spoiled their plan; at that moment, the three brothers were incessantly cursing these two's ancestors in their minds.

"Fine, even if we don't touch the Black Tax Bill, we should at least strike a blow against the IRS to keep them honest, right? Otherwise, just like I said, they're only targeting Disney right now, but once this precedent is set, they might come after you in the future!"

Florence didn't lose her composure over this; the Black Tax Bill was just a decoy she'd thrown out.

As Mr. Zhou Shuren once said, when a group of people are in a room, and you want to open a window and everyone disagrees, but if you want to lift off the roof, then they'll agree to let you open the window.

As long as the Freemasonry could be persuaded to interfere with David's sanctions against Disney, then her goal would be achieved.

"Actually, the crux of the problem is not the IRS or the Black Tax Bill. I believe the problem is with the man David. You've all seen his tactics by now; he will eventually cause trouble for us."

This time, it was Joshua who spoke.

Prescott looked at him, his voice laden with implications, "Mr. Joshua, you seem to be quite dissatisfied with Director David. So, the rumors from Nevada State are true, aren't they?"

The so-called rumors from Nevada State naturally referred to the fact that Stevenson's downfall was caused by David.

"So what if it is."

Joshua didn't bother to conceal it.

Although Stevenson was just an in-law to their family, he was still a talent who had been cultivated by their Morgan Family with considerable resources.

According to the Morgan Family's plan, Stevenson would run for Senator in Nevada State right after a normal resignation, laying the groundwork for a potential presidential bid in the future.

With the prestige Stevenson held from serving as the Governor for so long, winning the Senatorial race in the state seemed like a sure thing.

Who could have predicted that he would be overthrown by David wielding the Black Tax Bill as a sword, thus throwing the Morgan Family's arrangements in Nevada State into disarray.

Now, the Morgan Family had managed to arrange for Stevenson to run for Senator in New York State, and with the push of various resources, he had gotten the party nomination.

But a nomination was just that, and it didn't guarantee a win.

After all, there are only two Senatorial seats in each state, not like the House of Representatives, where there could be a dozen or more seats.

And New York State is a complicated place; the Senatorial candidates here include representatives of other family powers within the Freemasonry, as well as representatives from the Angsa group, the Illuminati, and other various forces.