Leo looked at Vance.
"I'm sure you didn't come here just to keep fighting me."
"All of our maneuvering against each other, when it comes down to it, is about calculating potential gains. If I can offer you a projected return ten times higher than your current one, I believe your bottom line will become quite flexible."
"What do you mean?" Vance asked warily.
"I'm going to raise the legal retirement age."
Leo threw out his bargaining chip.
Vance froze for a second, then scoffed.
"Raise the retirement age? Mr. Wallace, you're just a Mayor, not even a Governor. What makes you think you have the power to interfere in Federation legislation? That's a bombshell of an issue that would strike a nerve with hundreds of millions of people across All of America."
"It's precisely because I'm a Mayor that I can propose it."
Leo's gaze deepened.
