The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 383

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Mainz looked at the statistics above, which were indeed somewhat shocking.

As of May, a total of about 2.2 million people in Hans had lost their jobs. In April, 1.6 million people in the country had applied for government relief!

If this continues, the situation will definitely become more serious. By then, there will be more unemployed people, and the impact on various industries will be wider!

“There is no milk dumping in domestic farms, right?”

After reading it, Mainz suddenly asked a question that made the mustache feel ridiculous.

“Uh, this, this I haven’t investigated yet, but this situation shouldn’t exist, right?”

Mainz nodded. He also felt that this situation should not happen in Hans.

However, under the economic crisis, various production activities have been restricted, a large number of products have been unsalable, and prices will continue to plummet!

Even if ordinary commodities are unsalable, their shelf life is relatively long, and there is no need to worry about deterioration or unusability in a short period of time.

But some agricultural products are different!

For example, the various fruits grown by fruit farmers and the milk on the ranch, these things have a relatively short shelf life and cannot be stored for a long time.

If they cannot be sold as soon as possible, most of them will rot or go bad.

Under the economic crisis, people’s income With the decline in membership, the demand for purchasing goods will be greatly reduced. Not only will the sales of various commodities on the market plummet, but the prices will also plummet. Even if they are sold, they may not make money, or even lose money!

This situation causes fruit farmers and ranchers to be unable to sell their products, or have no motivation to sell their products!

Take the milk from the ranch as an example. This stuff needs to be transported, refrigerated, and stored. It requires contacting a special transportation company or a special vehicle. Not counting the operating costs and breeding costs, the freight alone is not a small amount.

At this time, the milk on the market is seriously unsalable, and the price is very low, even lower than that of milk. Freight, so if you take the milk out to sell, whether it can be sold is a question.

Even if it is sold, there will be no profit or even a loss, because the costs of transportation, sales and storage are too high!

Faced with this situation, fruit farmers and ranchers who are unable to bear the high transportation costs on their own can only let the fruit rot in the fields or pour out the milk!

This kind of behavior of capitalists preferring to pour out the milk rather than distribute it to the poor is a very common thing under the capitalist system.

It is not objective to say that these people’s character is really so bad that they would rather pour out food and milk than help the poor!

Although they are not good people, But it is not that bad. They do this because they are completely unwilling to take risks and risk losses to make an unprofitable business. This is a very simple behavior of seeking profit and avoiding harm.

So we can’t blame these farmers and ranchers completely. In fact, the government is also responsible for this result!

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation where people are hungry and line up for several kilometers to get relief food for a little food.

On the other hand, farmers and ranchers can’t sell their food and products, so they can only dump these things into the river or let them rot in the fields like garbage. The government needs to intervene!

“Send more working groups to the grassroots level to investigate and survey whether farmers and ranches in various places are facing sales difficulties. If their products are really unsalable, the government can come forward and set a minimum purchase price to buy their products at a protective price!”

The mustache nodded, admiring his president’s love for the people!

President Mainz always has the entire Han Dynasty in his heart. He cares about the lives of his tens of millions of people.

“By the way, just now Speer and Mantain discussed whether to conduct a large-scale investigation. Since you brought the latest unemployment report, you can also discuss this matter!”

The mustache came at the right time. He could just participate in such a discussion because there are many things involved in his work. No one knows the inside story except him!

Speer had heard of the mustache’s name a long time ago, but he didn’t know much about his ability, so he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to investigate and see how capable the mustache was and whether he could really be competent for the position of President Hans!

After the mustache had been in the position of prime minister for half a year, his progress was visible to the naked eye.

Speer wanted to test him, so he deliberately asked a lot of questions, but these questions did not stump him at all, and were easily solved by the mustache one by one!

“One last question, Mr. Prime Minister, please forgive me for being direct, but I want to know, is it really worthwhile to build so many infrastructure facilities at such a high cost and at such a high cost?”

Speer looked at the man with a skeptical face, wanting to see how he would explain this problem.

This problem is actually a problem that many people are very concerned about. In everyone’s opinion, it costs a huge price to build so many infrastructures, including roads, bridges, railways, train stations and other facilities!

This will consume a lot of money and bring a heavy burden to the national budget, so it is not cost-effective to do so!

In fact, although this view is common, it is very superficial. These people probably only see the appearance but not the deep core inside.

This proposition was put forward by Mainz, so he naturally knew the purpose of doing so, and the man with a moustache was the executor of the plan, so he also knew why he did so.

Mainz did not directly tell Speer the purpose of doing so, but chose to let the man with a moustache complete the task, which made the man with a moustache start to think in his heart.

If you explain it in detail, it may take a long time to talk about it.

So he did not intend to make a long speech, but directly asked Speer a question:”Mr. Speer, have you ever received relief?”

Speer was stunned for a moment. He had not expected that the man with a mustache would suddenly ask this question. He subconsciously glanced at President Mainz, who did not respond to the man’s question.

So he had to answer honestly,”No, I don’t think our government is so poor that it would let a minister starve to death, right?”

This was said very humorously, and everyone laughed after hearing it.

“Of course, a large portion of the government’s annual fiscal revenue is used to ensure the wages and benefits of hundreds of thousands of employees in state public institutions. So unless the country is destroyed and the government falls, there is no need to worry about everyone’s income!”

“Since you have never received relief money, let me ask you another question. Do you know where the relief money for the unemployed comes from?”Is there any need to think about this?

” Speer almost blurted out:”Of course it comes from the government!”

This kind of thing is known to everyone. As the Prime Minister, how could the little mustache ask such a question that even a three-year-old child can understand?

Speer began to doubt the little mustache’s business ability!

“That’s right, the relief money also comes from the government’s financial allocation!”

The man with the mustache nodded, confirming this point.

The relief money is not blown out by the wind, but the government actually takes money out of the treasury!

“You must be wondering why I asked such a simple question, right?”

When the mustache saw the other person’s expression, he guessed what Speer was thinking.

Speer nodded and admitted it openly.

This frankness made the mustache very happy.

“The construction of these infrastructures is also funded by the government!”

The mustache said something that even a three-year-old child knows, which made Speer even more confused.

“These people were forced to receive relief money after they lost their jobs. Since they need money and the government also needs to spend money, why can’t we change the payment method, such as work-for-relief, so that they can help the government build roads and bridges, help the government do something, and then give them the government’s financial allocation in the form of wages?”

The mustache said with a smile.

This is really a good question. After hearing the explanation of the mustache, Speer suddenly realized it!

So that’s the case. It seems that he is still too young and thinks too simply!

“Compared to the method of directly distributing relief funds, the latter method does the least harm to people’s self-esteem and brings the highest benefits to the country and society. These infrastructures can still play a certain role after being built, such as dams and hydropower stations, which can control floods and provide clean energy.

The construction of railways and highways can also stimulate demand in the steel and cement markets, improve the business of factories in related industries, and allow more workers to keep their jobs!

Moreover, workers earn income through labor, their self-worth is realized, and their energy is exhausted at work. They will not wander around the streets of the city because of unemployment, which will bring great pressure on public security!

In short, this is a good thing that kills three birds with one stone. If I want to help the people, I would rather use this method. What do you think, Minister Speer?”

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