For example, when talking about the "three rural issues," Chen Dong summarized it with three sentences: "Farmers are really suffering, rural areas are really poor, and agriculture is really dangerous," which even Lin Lao found unbelievable.
Of course, Lin Lao and his colleagues knew the many difficulties in rural China, but they were also isolated behind high walls, becoming true "high-ranking officials" and forced to separate themselves from the grassroots. As a result, they could not obtain real information about the grassroots and their understanding of the severity of the "three rural issues" was biased.
But ironically, no one has the courage to expose this lie and let the higher-ups see the true situation of the "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" issues.
Now, Chen Dong has brought it up.
"I hope you can facilitate a comprehensive and in-depth investigation into the 'three rural issues' so that you will realize that what I said is true. If these fundamental systemic problems are not resolved, then even the best seeds and the most effective fertilizers will be of no use," Chen Dong said to Old Lin with concern, his eyes shining with hope.
Old Lin nodded deeply, "I will treat this matter as a truly important matter."
This time, Chen Dong raised the issue of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" with Elder Lin a full seven years earlier.
Seven years! How many seven-year periods does a person have in their lifetime?
"Anything else? Your reminder was so timely, it was a wake-up call!" Old Lin patted Chen Dong's hand approvingly. "Anything else?"
"Stop collecting agricultural taxes!" Chen Dong's words stunned Elder Lin and Secretary Wang.
"Well, Xiao Chen, you can't just say things like that!" After a long while, Old Lin finally said.
Secretary Wang couldn't help but retort to Chen Dong: "Yes, we've been paying imperial taxes for thousands of years. We can't just stop paying them, can we?"
"Mr. Lin, Secretary Wang, I'm not just making this up; it's based on rigorous reasoning and argumentation."
Next, Chen Dong suggested that Lin Lao find someone to calculate the current costs of grain collection at the grain station, including personnel, machinery, buildings, and other expenses. They needed to calculate whether the agricultural taxes collected were almost equal to the costs, or even potentially resulting in a loss.
Things that bring no benefit to the country or the farmers should not be done anymore.
Not to mention comparing with other countries, Western countries provide subsidies for agriculture, while we not only do not receive subsidies, but also have to pay taxes, which is clearly not in line with the world.
Growing grain is barely profitable, and people live in poverty, so it's inevitable that farmers lack the motivation to grow grain.
At the same time, there are also issues of healthcare and elderly care in rural areas. Urban residents have pensions and old-age insurance, while rural residents can only rely on their children for support in old age. These factors will undoubtedly widen the economic gap between urban and rural areas.
Chen Dong's words left both Elder Lin and Secretary Wang speechless.
Although he had a thousand reasons to refute Chen Dong, what was the use of just refuting? Even if he succeeded in refuting, what then?
All of this is because the problems of agriculture, rural areas, and farmers are real.
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