Chapter 83: Lifting Each Other Up
Marcella yawned slouching on the couch.
"Listen," Tony patted her thigh. "Only this last bit is left..."
Marcella regretted talking to him about the bill. Now she had to listen to him explaining the bill for the past hour. It was not like she didn’t appreciate Tony trying to educate her on the bill because she said she didn’t understand it. As always, she understood the bill. He can make her understand anything. He’s a good teacher. She just couldn’t understand why she needed to understand the bill.
"I get it. This bill helps the "corporations" to get funding from the government in case they get affected by a bad economy," she said.
That was the basic premise of the bill. The rest was legal mumbo-jumbo explaining what every word means.
"Yes," Tony kept the thick bunch of papers down. "Now you got it."
Marcella sighed.
"It’s going to help the workers because now the companies won’t have to fire them or file for bankruptcy. Even their pension funds would be protected if needed," Tony added.
"That’s how you are selling the bill?" Marcella nodded. "Smart."
"What?" Tony asked. He thought she would be impressed by the bill. But she was talking about the promotion of the bill. "We don’t have to sell the bill. It’s what it is."
"Really, Tony? Don’t play with me. Do you honestly not see the repercussions of the bill and how it would be exploited by the higher-ups of a greedy corporation? Yes, it would help the workers but it would benefit the executives more. Not to mention the obvious—the funding. The government does not have any money. All the money the government has is the people’s money—tax money. There’s going to be tax hike once this bill gets passed, right?"
Tony chuckled.