Social benefits were originally set up for special groups, such as those who are physically unable to work, or who have temporarily lost their jobs and have no income.

It's a pity that in the eyes of some people, social welfare has become their wool, and a good policy to benefit the people has been completely ruined.

However, with the development of Johannesburg, social welfare is indispensable, and Roque cannot completely deny the social welfare system because of those who do not want to make progress, after all, there are still some people who really need these social benefits, and if social welfare is completely abolished because of some negative factors, it is because of choking.

The situation is worse in Pretoria than in Johannesburg, where there are more new immigrants and fewer jobs, so Pretoria spends more than three times as much on social welfare as Johannesburg every month.

Because the social welfare policy was formulated by the former governor Ade, Marcus Beaufort did not dare to change it, but this is no problem for Roque, the policy is not static, if Ade knew that the social welfare policy led to the current result, then Ade would also take the initiative to improve.

Of course, to improve social welfare policies, a certain amount of social research is needed, and this work is in charge of Roque and Owen together, because the Chinese are the largest social group in Johannesburg, and Owen is the speaker of the Johannesburg City Council and the leader of the Liberal Party, so both of them are in charge.

"Do you think the mayors are all scruples about Governor Milner? Actually, not at all, it is true that there are some Boers who are lazy with social welfare, but more social welfare is distributed to the Chinese in Johannesburg, and this is the crux of the matter. Owen said in a word.

It dawned on Roque that it was no wonder that Marcus Beaufort and Ulysses Noel looked at Roque a little at the city council meeting yesterday, and it turned out that the root cause was here.

"What's more, not all people who get social welfare are lazy, some people do need social assistance, this is the meaning of the existence of social welfare policies, as for those who take advantage of loopholes, let them think they have a plan, sooner or later they will pay the price for their current behavior." Owen now sees the problem more comprehensively, and it is indeed the ass that decides the head.

One thing is for sure, those who don't do their jobs all day long and idle guys, will eventually achieve nothing, maybe when they are old and lonely, they will regret that they didn't work hard when they were young, but unfortunately everything has no chance to start over, time will give everyone a final answer, whether the answer is perfect or not, in fact, it all depends on themselves.

Compared to Owen, Roque is more jealous and hateful, although Roque also understands this truth, but that does not mean that Roque allows those who think they are smart to take advantage of the loopholes.

Sometimes that's the case, when big people make decisions, they usually think about everyone's interests, and if a decision benefits most people, then even if it leads to some problems, it is negligible.

Roque doesn't think so, social welfare is actually another form of unearned gain, this demonstration effect is very dangerous, laziness is also a contagious vice, since the problem is found, then it must be adjusted, and it is difficult to make a difference when it is difficult to return.

"The adjustment is not a cancellation, of course we will help those who need help, but for those who try to take advantage of the loopholes, we must also decisively refuse, there are many jobs in Johannesburg, mines, farms, factories, as long as you want to find a job, you can definitely find it, even if it is a new immigrant, or a person who has temporarily lost his job, it is enough to give three months of temporary assistance, and a person can only receive assistance at most once in a year, otherwise it will lead to negative effects." Of course, Roque is not suggesting that it be cancelled, but adjustments are still necessary.

This proposal was still acceptable to Owen, so Roque and Owen began to adjust.

After learning about the list of people in need of social assistance, Roque and Owen realized the seriousness of the matter, Johannesburg will provide about a pound worth of meal vouchers to individuals in need of social assistance every month, the city government used to spend only a few hundred pounds on this, but last month, the number of people applying for social assistance has exceeded 2,000, and there is a crazy trend, no wonder the city government has to adjust.

"So many immigrants in Johannesburg these months?" Roque was curious that there weren't so many newcomers to Johannesburg before.

Owen didn't speak, and looked at Roque with a very disgusted look.

Roque thought for a long time before it suddenly dawned on him, in recent times, there are indeed a lot of new immigrants in Johannesburg, in fact, these new immigrants are still caused by Roque, don't forget that Roque strongly promoted the families of those Gurkha mercenaries to immigrate to Johannesburg, and this is how the new immigrants from Johannesburg came during this time.

In order to better understand the situation, Roque and Owen have to investigate the specific situation of those receiving social assistance themselves.

There are indeed a lot of Chinese on the list, among which there is a person named Marcus who is particularly conspicuous, his son Mario works in the Johannesburg Police Department, and his son has a large farm under his name, but this Marcus repeatedly applied for social assistance, and also ran to the social assistance office to make a big noise, and finally the social assistance office was overwhelmed and was forced to agree to Marcus's application.

Roque didn't know the specifics, so he turned around and asked Lide to call Mario over.

All the Chinese police officers in the Johannesburg Police Department, Roque, knew Mario, who was still a sheriff, and after knowing the reason why Roque was looking for him, Mario was overwhelmed with grief.

"Sir, I also know that my father is not doing something right in this matter, I have persuaded him many times, but he just doesn't listen, the Social Assistance Office gives my father a pound of meal vouchers every month, and I donate two pounds to the Social Assistance Office every month, and in the end, I actually suffer a loss." Mario can't help it, the Chinese tradition is his own Lao Tzu, no matter how much he goes too far, he can only coax and endure it.

"Is this a question of whether to suffer a loss or not, and have you ever thought about the impact?" Roque is simply heartbroken, there are actually a lot of people like Marcus, he doesn't lack this money at all, he is addicted to taking advantage of it, and not taking advantage of it is a loss.

In fact, he couldn't get any money, just a pound a month meal voucher, which could not be exchanged for cash at all, nor could he buy expensive food, but could only exchange it for some bread and mashed potatoes and other things, and maybe Marcus would not eat it at all when he took it home.

Things are worthless, but the impact is extremely bad, Roque has been trying to establish a positive image of the Chinese, but many times it is a rat who spoils a pot of porridge, and others will not care if Mario returns the money, but will only laugh at the Chinese people's habit of taking advantage of small advantages through this incident, and then negate all the efforts of the Chinese.

"I'll ask my dad to give the money back—" Mario didn't recognize the mistake thoroughly enough.

"Will it be possible to undo the effects that have already been done?" Roque didn't want to just forget it, and he must pass this incident so that all the Chinese in Johannesburg can receive a full lesson.

"What then?" Mario must have trusted Roque, and has not yet realized how Roque is going to eliminate the influence.

"I'm going to wronged you, you change jobs, don't be at the police station, go to the umbrella-" Roque is ruthless, with a father like Marcus, Mario, who is a son, will be wronged.

Mario was dumbfounded, obviously not expecting Roque to arrange it like this.

Work is not a problem, working under umbrella and even pay more than working in a police station.

But the social status is obviously different, the police sergeant of the police station still has a relatively social status in Johannesburg, and the employees of the umbrella are almost, even if they go to the umbrella as a middle-level leader, the social status is obviously not as good as that of the police sergeant.

"What else do you say?" Roque is not soft-hearted, it is estimated that this incident has had a very bad impact on the Chinese in Johannesburg, and if the means are not thunderbolts, they will not play a sufficient warning role.

The Chinese in Johannesburg, especially those with assets in Johannesburg, are all related to the military and police.

After Roque bought the farm, he was sold to the Chinese policemen in the police department, and the members of the security team at the time of the Rock Gold Mine, most of the policemen who became farmers are still on the job, even if they do not work in the police station, they also went to work in the new 1st Cavalry Division, and their families also came to Johannesburg a long time ago.

Therefore, Roque is now dealing with Mario with such a serious punishment, which will serve as a warning to all Chinese, and if anyone wants to take advantage of the loophole in the future, then he must think about the consequences and whether he can afford it.

The next day, the Johannesburg Police Department announced the results of the handling of Mario at an internal meeting, and Roque is not now the police chief of Johannesburg and did not attend the internal meeting of the police department.

It is said that Mario cried very sadly when he took off his badge, and his back was very desolate when he walked out of the gate of the police station with his belongings.

Marcus went to the police station that day and made a big fuss and tried to save the situation in this way.

The result is of course worse, Mario is no longer a policeman, and the police department will not tolerate Marcus's behavior, so Marcus was directly arrested by the police department, and the next day Mario went to the police station and paid a fine of fifty pounds before he fished out Marcus.

On the same day, hundreds of people went directly to the social assistance office to cancel their applications for assistance, and three days later, the list of people in need of social assistance almost completely disappeared.