American Tax Officer

"Come in, please take a tour of our station first, Director David..."

After the pleasantries, Saxton led David and his group into the station and began introducing the situation of the Sand Bay Branch.

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Having a general understanding of the operational model of the Sand Bay Branch, David did not beat around the bush and directly said, "Director Saxton, you know there are only five days left until the God Creation Project, and my time is very pressing, so just get straight to the point about your 'big case'!"

Just yesterday, David had been in Henderson City, and according to his plan, he was first preparing to handle the cases of Virginia City's branch.

Unexpectedly, he received a call from the Sand Bay Branch.

Through the phone, Saxton informed him that a 'big case' had occurred in their local jurisdiction, a case whose value would definitely surpass that of other city branches, thus requesting to cut in line.

Upon hearing this, David became interested, pondered for a while, and finally decided to let them cut in line, and so he rushed over here today at full speed.

Saxton fell silent for a moment, then reminded him, "Before I tell you, I want to remind you, Director David, that this case might involve some trouble, just not sure if you dare to take it on..."

"Director Saxton, what are you suggesting? Our Chief Tax Officer has led armed forces into Indian Tribes, has organized local city halls in both Sparks and Henderson, and also the state... Which of these hasn't been troublesome? Is there any case in Nevada that our Chief Tax Officer dares not handle?"

Before David could respond, Nisen from the side already voiced his dissatisfaction.

Saxton looked at David and realized that David seemed to agree with Nisen's statement, and said with an awkward laugh, "That's also true. In that case, Director David, please come to my office first. I'll explain to you while showing you the case files."

The office of the Director of the Sand Bay Branch was on the third floor. Saxton led David and others into it, and after they were seated, he said, "Director David, I don't know if you're familiar with America's private prisons."

"Private prisons?"

Upon hearing this, David's expression paused.

Unlike other countries, where prisons are typically under the jurisdiction of the government law enforcement departments, the concept of private prisons does not exist.

But America is an exception.

This matter actually dates back to the 1960s and 70s when America launched the long-lasting Vietnam War, drafting numerous young men to the Vietnamese battlefields.

There, the harsh tropical rainforests left a deep shadow on them, and upon their return to America, unable to withstand various mental pressures, they turned to drugs for relief.

At the same time, America was suffering consecutive losses in the multi-year war, with defeats abroad and intensified conscription at home.

This caused many American youths to develop anti-war sentiments, with anti-war protests erupting across the country.

Thus, a significant number of young people turned to drug use to alleviate mental stress.

Under the influence of these two factors, the drug use rate in America skyrocketed, causing great chaos in social order.

After Nixon took office, in view of the chaotic drug situation in society, he established a department specifically to eradicate drugs.

However, due to the large number of drug users, America had already developed a huge and mature drug trafficking system by then.

Drug enforcement officers suddenly arrested a large number of drug addicts and traffickers, but soon they realized that the existing prisons simply couldn't hold so many inmates.

Nixon, to show his determination to fight drugs, declared he would intensify efforts to eradicate them.

However, the prison problem still had to be resolved; otherwise, there would be nowhere to detain the captured criminals.

In the end, Nixon came up with a compromise.

That was to open up part of the prison operation to the market, allowing capable private capital to contract the management, while the government only needed to subsidize these contractors.

From that point on, America's private prisons started to be marketized.

"Yes, it was a policy created by President Nixon himself, initially intended to relieve the pressure on public prisons, but who would have thought, it seems like a good intention that may have led to bad consequences!"

Saxton shook his head, continuing, "In recent years, private prisons have gradually become a lucrative business in America, and even a large number of members of the judicial system have collaborated with powerful consortia, leading to rampant corruption, with the involved funds amounting to astronomical figures."

At this point, David finally understood what kind of case this was.

It turned out to be about corruption in private prisons and various exploitative monetary transactions.

"Do you know, what was the fundamental reason for the Floyd incident on June 6 last year?"

David, of course, knew about the Floyd incident, after which the African Americans even organized several protests.

This indirectly led to zero-dollar bail policies for non-serious offenses to soothe the anger of the African Americans.

Unfortunately, after the introduction of their tax reform law targeting this issue, these African Americans became the first 'prey' for the Tax Bureau!

Saxton continued, "Actually, the Floyd incident, if traced back, has much to do with private prisons too."