23 February 2006

An Italian Family

I’ve decided to publish a letter received in response to my “New Poverty” post.

It makes you feel sick to read it.

Dear friends, we need to change Government and then we need to roll up our sleeves to construct a real future together.

“45 years, a family, a mortgage and the car still to be paid for, I’ve been an employee for 12 years, then they decided they could do without me. I work as a sales agent for a mega company. Last month they wiped out 500 Euro of commission and very shortly, they’ll probably send me home for low productivity. I forgot, I’ve got a degree, various specialist courses and a book published. I’ve seriously thought of taking out life insurance and jumping from a viaduct over the motorway., at least I could provide a minimum future for my son. A future that none of the modern slave drivers is willing to offer me in exchange for my work.”

Franco B.

Franco’s words are worth more then an electoral programme.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Work