Chapter 400 Abel Smith’s Status

The meeting with Joan Irvine Smith and John Smith was neither an accident nor an accident.

According to Abel's plan, he would see the couple again in a few days.

But his plan was ruined by one person.

Looking at it from little Laura’s perspective.

This man is his elder, the 43rd commander-in-chief of the United States, who lives in the white house, dear Mr. George Bush.

This "blessing in disguise", because of last year's September 11th incident, quickly took control of most of the power in the United States. It has been a year since he took office.

In the first half of the year, it can be said that he did nothing. He was just getting familiar with the work of the White House and doing some inconsequential things that the commander-in-chief could do.

For example, visiting middle schools and primary schools in certain states to create a personal image that is close to the people...

At that time, many media outlets in the United States had already selected George as the most ineffective commander in history, or the least powerful commander in history.

It wasn't until that big event happened that, with the support of public opinion, he quickly became one of the most powerful leaders in American history.

He even launched a war with foreign countries last year.

This can be regarded as a traditional performance of the Shrub family when they were in charge of the leadership.

When Herbert was in office, he launched a war without hesitation when the time came.

Father and son are quite similar in this respect.

In recent days, George has left the White House and visited California for the first time in the name of commander-in-chief.

This is also one of the jobs of the American commander-in-chief.

Although states in the United States enjoy great autonomy.

In most cases, the general commander has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of states.

However, after the Civil War, the federal government significantly tightened local powers to a certain extent and strengthened the federal government's control over the states.

After more than two hundred years of development, the United States currently draws two red lines on state power.

First, state sovereignty cannot override the federal government and the U.S. Constitution.

Second, the legal authority of each state cannot exceed the overall sovereignty of the country.

As long as states do not touch the above two red lines, the federal government has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of states.

This special situation has led to the fact that the laws of each state in the United States today are different.

For example, some states have the death penalty, while some states do not.

In some states, gambling and seqing services are legal, while in most states they are prohibited.

Even taxes vary from state to state, such as real estate taxes, and the amounts levied are different from state to state.

As the commander-in-chief of the United States, the only things George can manage in name are the dozen ministries under the federal government.

There is also the most powerful force in the world currently.

But in fact, as the commander-in-chief, George still had some influence over the states.

This is mainly because the federal government has money.

A large part of its annual budget can be spent on the construction of various states and providing support to them.

Like the future of California in parallel time and space, it is said that a high-speed rail between San Francisco and Los Angeles will be built.

According to the budget in the plan, the state government only needs to provide 30%, and the remaining 70% is provided by the federal government.

At first the federal government agreed, but later there were various obstacles.

The expenses here are covered by part of the federal government's annual budget.

If you add a big stick to your righteousness, you still have money to give out.

Therefore, when the vital interests of the state are not involved, the states still listen to the federal government.

This is also the reason why the fifty states, each of which seems to be its own master, can appear to the world in a relatively united manner.

In other words, the day will come when the federal government will run out of money, or the money will be useless.

Or maybe the stick has lost its power to hurt.

The federal government only has words of justice.

Then the only way left for the United States of America is to break up.

Now George is in the spotlight in the White House. He can decide which part of the federal government should be given to the states in the budget, which state should be given more, or which state should be given less.

Unfortunately, his reputation is growing now, and no one dares to criticize his bad decisions for the time being.

Unlike before, you could still scold someone if you were given less money.

So in the face of George's arrival, he patrolled.

California, this place, also showed a great welcome attitude this time.

Davis, the current governor of California, is a professional official with a certain reputation in the Donkey Party. He was elected governor of California in November 1998 and is seeking re-election this year.

Logically speaking, as a donkey party governor, Davis should not be too enthusiastic about George's arrival.

But this time, Davis showed an enthusiastic attitude toward George's arrival that a donkey party member and a party leader should not have.

This move is said to have caused Davis a lot of criticism within the Donkey Party.

But many people also know that Davis's warm welcome to George was out of necessity.

Because Davis is in a bad situation right now.

He took office when California's economy was at its best, when the dot-com bubble was at its worst, but also when it looked its most beautiful.

At that time, California's GDP looked frighteningly strong.

Likewise, the Internet bubble burst on his watch.

As the seat of Silicon Valley, the area most affected by Internet fragmentation is undoubtedly California.

California’s economic GDP even declined last year.

As governor, Davis cannot absolve himself of the blame.

In the past four years, Davis has done nothing to improve California's economy except to ride on the dot-com bubble.

Now that he is facing this kind of crisis, he has no solution.

Many people in the state are already seriously dissatisfied with this.

In fact, this has nothing to do with Davis. Because this is the general trend of the economy, even the U.S. government cannot rescue the market.

What can the Californian government of Davis do?

But the people didn't care about this. They knew that this kind of thing happened under Davis's administration.

This has caused Davis to suffer a crisis of confidence.

If it is not resolved, Davis' re-election this year will definitely be in vain.

At this time, Davis could only seek medical treatment due to his illness, and chose to show his favor to George, the leader of the Elephant Party.

It is hoped that by doing so, California can receive more financial assistance from the federal government.

This also led to a situation where he, a donkey party governor, showed extreme enthusiasm when the general leader of the target party arrived.

So much so that even after George came for several days, he was pestered by Davis.

The day before the Grammys is about to begin.

When George was about to leave California, he finally stopped being pestered by Davis.

George knew that Abel was also in California, even though the two had just met in the days after Christmas.

But maybe George wanted to see him, or maybe he wanted to do something.

The leader of the Great Hall summoned Abel to San Francisco, which is also the city of San Francisco.

As the core of Northern California, San Francisco is also the state capital of California.

January 19, 2002.

It was a sunny day in San Francisco and the weather was quite good.

However, the temperature is a little low today, about 18℃.

This is the coldest possible day in San Francisco's mild winter this year.

Around 10 o'clock in the morning, Abel looked at the bright weather outside through the car window.

Along the way, he saw parked military Humvees and military police on duty at various intersections on his way to his destination.

"It's really like the sun is shining..."

Abel lazily lay back on the car seat and complained with emotion.

After September 11, in order to prevent KB attacks.
To be continued...