To get the Federal Savings Bank to support the Federal Government's decision and hand over the Issuing Rights on the surface, the benefits had to be properly secured.
Sometimes capitalists could be explosive. When you failed to satisfy their demands for profit while also harming their interests, they would act as if they were ready to fight you to the death.
But once you gave them enough benefits, if you said, "I want to cut a piece of flesh from you," they not only would not fly into a rage, but would instead strip naked and lie down on the chopping board, helping you choose which part would be most suitable to cut.
Capital was sometimes no different in essence from fat people who wanted to grow fatter. As long as what they took in exceeded what they lost, they would never show a pained expression! Whether it was the Federal Currency Issuance Committee, the Federal Savings Committee, or the Financial Management Committee...
These committees, institutions, and departments that would divide some of the Federal Savings Bank's power among themselves would all be stuffed with the Federal Savings Bank's political spokespeople! Just like the two senators sitting here at this moment represented the Federal Savings Bank's interests. On the surface, even if they could not form a majority, they could still block anything they did not want passed.
Why twelve senators?
It was precisely to achieve fifty percent against fifty percent! This was also one of the most essential aspects of federal politics—
You could stop me, but I could stop you too!
Put more simply, it was "the art of compromise"! If you wanted something to pass, you had to let me pass something too. Then everyone could get things through.
But if you refused to let mine pass,