Famiglia Cristiana, the dangerous magazine of the Catholic Black Bloc, has defined this political class as “the lowest of all time”. Italy is close to official default, the real one has already happened. We are at the bottom of the ranking for salaries, among the lowest for freedom of information, among the lowest for connectivity, even topped by Gaddafi’s Libya that we are bombing while the President of the Republic is sleeping soundly at night, among the lowest for investment in research and innovation, among the lowest for the employment of young people, thousands of companies are closing down every month. LAST. We will have to get used to this situation for years. It’ll need at least a generation to come out of it. The 47 billion of the Tremorti financial package is only just enough to pay for the sweeties. In a single month our public debt has increased by 22 billion. In 2012 the interest on the debt could get to 100 billion and perhaps go over that amount. In this screwed-up country every demonstration of moderation has been lost. The example is no longer a virtue. In Giuseppe Verdi’s house in Sant'Agata, among the memorabilia there’s a packet of train tickets that he left untouched. He was a Senator of the Kingdom. For this he received a salary, and he felt it was shameful to use them. He paid the train fare to Rome from his own pocket. Tremorti has suggested a cut in the salaries of the parliamentarians, but only for the forthcoming legislature. Sacrifices from the Italians, however, are required straight away. Why did Tremorti not put these off until 2013 as well? Why does he not abolish pensions for the parliamentarians retroactively? Why are double salaries possible? Why, why, why …. Yesterday saw the broadcasting of the umpteenth miserable episode about the cutting of the Provinces proposed by the IdV. The PDL voted against and the PDminusL abstained. Those who have the same interests adopt the same behaviour. “The number of provincial administrators is 4,000 people and there are 2,900 councillors, 50 people who are presidents or vice presidents, 100 who are presidents of the cabinets, and 900 cabinet members. The annual cost just in remuneration for this “army” is more than 50 million euro while the current spending of the more than 100 Italian provinces is about 10 billion euro a year.“ To be coherent anyone who asks for the abolition of the provinces should have abstained from presenting themselves at the latest provincial elections as the MoVimento 5 Stelle did. You don’t need a law to give an example. The trick of the election financing disguised as “expenses” brings to the coffers of the parties a billion euro. Has some party refused the money? The MoVimento 5 Stelle has. “You must be the change that you want to see in the world.” That’s what Gandhi said. In his place we have Bersani and Berlusconi. They will never give up (but is it in their interests?). Neither will we.

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