The fiscal shield has had many fathers. Parties, banks, Confindustria, Trades unions, the President of the Republic, organised crime. Not one of them has raised his or her voice, not Ms Marcegaglia of the incinerators, not Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, not the “Triplice”, not the Italian Banking Association (ABI) not Morpheus. And we couldn’t expect the mafias to do that in their stead.
300 billion euro not declared to the tax authorities will come back into Italy. With a tax of 5%, it will be recycled in the Italian economy with the guarantee of anonymity. When it crosses the border, it will be the banks welcoming it. The bankers of the ethics of finance, including Passera and Profumo, will accept the mafia capital, from abroad to abroad, subtracted from taxes, the fruit of bankruptcy in their deposits. They refused the Tremorti bonds, but they will gladly accept the Mafia bonds.
Who realistically can have the availability of tens or hundreds of millions of Euro abroad unless it is the medium and big industrialists? Now, to finance their companies, in a moment of crisis, they need to get “clean” capital back into the country. For them, the fiscal shield is like manna from Heaven. The property owners who have run out of credit and yet have the cement flowing, need oxygen for their devastating activity on the territory. And they will have that, thanks to the Fiscal Shield. The silence of the Trades Unions is explained only with the hope of work, work, work. It doesn’t matter whether it’s from tax dodger’s capital or to do useless or damaging stuff. All with their hands in the custard pie, apart from the citizens who are obstinate enough to pay their taxes against their own interests. The returning capital will favour unfair competition, will make the honest companies go under, and in particular the small and medium enterprises that pay taxes, even the “presumed” taxes, even a year in advance. The amnestied tax dodger who pays 5%, can reinvest, push down prices, buy up companies. Anyone who pays 60% discount for cash, can just try to survive.
Finally, there’s a great feeling of discomfort for those who stubbornly cultivate the pleasure of honesty and perhaps, they can no longer allow themselves to do so. You need to have great strength of character to pay taxes. To see tax dodgers rewarded. The crafty ones with the 4x4 and the boat and your company collapsed or you sacked. To pay the bills that are ever more numerous and dearer. The last will be the first, perhaps. But the honest ones in Italy are certainly the last. The stupid ones, the idiots. The ones who have been robbed even of the pride of doing their duty.

PS The competition called “Where were you 32 unfaithful employees?”, is continuing. It aims to find out where the opposition deputies were at the moment of the confidence vote. Participate in great numbers. The blog will keep track of your indications and it will publish them in the days to come, together with your real name or your nickname. Here’s the list: 24 PDminusL: Argentin, Binetti, Bucchino, Capodicasa, Carra, Codurelli, D'Antoni, Esposito, Farina, Fioroni, Gaione, Ginefra, Giovanelli, Grassi, La Forgia, Lanzillotta, Madia, Mastromauro, Melandri, Misiani, Pistelli, Pompili, Porta, Portas. 7 UDC: Bosi, Ciccanti, Drago, Libè, Pisacane, Ruggeri, Volontè. 1 IDV: Misiti.