As to my previous post, I must add that going to GNU-Linux may not be what you want. It allows to do anything that OS can do but at the cost of learning how. The benefit is not what you have not to pay but what you get. From the sole point of view of saving money, GNU-Linux would be no saving as it will take so much time to learn how. So, you may be happy with the commercial products I mentioned. probably they will also make better what you want on a local host. The point is, that you should be happy. Franz.

Economists should better disappear from the scene. Science has asked that already before the present "crisis". They have performed badly with their unproven models. Better avoiding what new models they may propose now. What science believes is that now "it is critical to recognize that rebuilding and modernizing infrastructure will be a key driver of economic growth". This applies particularly to Italy, where politicians were the driver for keeping railroads at eighteen century level, removing electrical vehicles from the cities and flooding the country with trucks. The Italian politicians had the chance of diverting the budget for the useless tunnel in Val di Susa to creating an efficient railroad system. And planning for energy from renewable sources. Geothermal resources of Lazio-Toscana would provide - at low cost and without any danger - more energy that it was planned with nuclear fission (a Nobel laureate in physics has clearly explained the plans). All that - and other similar interventions - would create jobs enough for the new generation. All that would require that all present Italian politicians are removed from their position, however, and that a new generation of politically unbound people takes the command. Hiring scientists with internationally documented expertise in a panel showing their names, relationships, and declared conflict of interests, if any. History will document that the tragedy for the Italian population could have been largely avoided by removing economists and politicians, give the command to some smart young people, while gathering that part of internationally recognized and unbound science that remains around here. For my part, I could make the names of a couple of former students of mine who could competently aid from the science side. Through away the ring from the nose, recognize that the Windows OS that you buy lacks journaling, with all the consequences, while MAC that you buy is simply a rebuilding of existing UNIX, that you can have with far better performance with GNU-Linux. Stop believing to advertisement: buying advertised items means paying for the advertisement cost. Removing that ring from the nose will also serve to prevent the surge of the new rich, of which recent Italy has an absolute record. Cheers. Franz.

A patrimonial tax tends to be unfair simply because the rich rich don't want to pay it and will not pay it. In France where it has existed for years the wealthy make sure they avoid it by lobbying the Government to exclude works of art, antiques and especially shareholdings of all bosses who hold stock in the corporations they manage. This naturally means the wealthiest segment of society.
At the other end of the scale are widows and retired people who may have savings - property or cash - but low incomes and who simply face hardship and the forced sale of their assets. Grossly unjust.
To raise taxes today in a global economy we need global agreement to bring an end to the use of tax havens and offshore banks and companies, the abolition of all tax avoidance schemes and tax breaks and the introduction of the Tobin Tax - Robin Hood tax - on financial transactions. We must even the tax playing field. In eschange taxes could be reduced for all giving more spending power to the middle class which is the only way to stimulate the economy

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