The emotional impact of enforcing new austerity measures on all but the lowest pension bands hit Italian Welfare Minister Elsa Fornero, who broke into tears at a press conference shortly after a cabinet meeting.
Italian welfare minister breaks down
The emotional impact of enforcing new austerity measures on all but the lowest pension bands hit Italian Welfare Minister Elsa Fornero, who broke into tears at a press conference shortly after a cabinet meeting.
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If it’s bad enough to reduce her to tears, it’s bad enough to reject as a policy. Get rid of the banker-installed stooge to her left, dump the euro, cancel the unpayable debt, and develop yourself out of the mess.
Robert B – I’m wondering whether to draw the conclusion that amongst a raft of politically unpalatable measures where the burden of paying the unaffordable debt falls – as always to those who pay taxes their whole life – these leaders, worldwide have no better options.
The pain I think is that the rich and powerful individuals and corporations pay so little or no tax and this minister in tears, on behalf of governments everywhere – is throwing in the towel.
I find this video quite disturbing.
Of course they have a better option: cancel the debt. Don’t pay the pound of flesh. Natural law is higher than contract law.
I would like to ask members of the MSM Why do they depict a man as being reduced to tears, but a woman breaks down? Just thought I’d ask.
Oh, for Christ’s sake. Yes, there are the tax dodgers and the corporate boys clubs but have any of you actually lived in Italy or do you have relatives there? A person in a comfortable banking job need only work 30 or 35 years and retire on a full pension, including whatever he has managed to squirel away. You can retire very comfortably at age 50. There was also an arrangement where you could claim the pension from Australia and Italy, had you lived here.
Italy is where it is because of its cafe’ culture, la dolce’ vita. As an Italian engineer quite clearly told me one afternoon, “I work to live, not live to work, time to go home to the family, dinner and a walk in the city (Torino)”. That was after his union sanctioned 7.6 hr day. The Fiat design studio is literally a tram ride from the centre of Torino.
I don’t feel sorry for Italy, they should be in far better shape than they are. The north, besides having the alps, is an engineering and manufacturing powerhouse. People make fun of the Italians but they are excellent engineers and their workmanship and design skills are well sought after. It’s the south which lives off tourism.
Italy has been sucked dry by people expecting to be looked after without actually having a true work ethic. I’ve also worked in Sweden, they also have a cradle to grave mentality, though the reality of that utopia is dieing fast. They don’t have the young population to feed the tax coffers to look after the welfare state.
The one thing the Swedes, Fins, Norwegians, Germans, infact all Scandinavian and Germanic countries have is a strong and efficient work ethic and no expectations of retiring at 50.