Lin Qi did not have many loose ends for others to seize.
He had almost never evaded taxes illegally. Yes, many capitalists legally avoided taxes, such as by taking advantage of certain Federal Government policies to reduce the taxes they were supposed to pay.
But he had never done that. Aside from accepting tax exemptions for charitable donations, he had never actively used various methods to reduce the taxes he owed.
So when it came to taxes, no one could find trouble with Lin Qi.
Tax issues were also the weapon capitalists feared most. Once Lin Qi had blocked off that avenue, he basically had nothing to fear from any investigation.
Sue him for having ties to the Green Brothers?
Who the hell said a guardian had to be connected to the crimes of their ward? Under Federal Law, everyone was an "independent natural person with legal personality." Put simply, everyone was an individual, and social relationships such as family ties could not be entirely incorporated into legal joint liability.
If parents committed crimes, that had nothing to do with their children, just as a child's crimes had nothing to do with their parents or other relatives.
Even if evidence of the Green Brothers' crimes could be found, what did that have to do with Lin Qi? As for anything else, it was even less likely to drag Lin Qi into any serious trouble.
He had almost always acted within the bounds of the law and hardly ever crossed the line. No one else possessed as much evidence as he did.
Besides, what Mr. Truman had left Pelius was merely a warning to stay alert to the uncontrolled expansion of capitalism and capitalists after the war, and to act when things were at their worst.
What counted as the worst