26 March 2006

The Ostriches of the CDL

Yesterday evening on Matrix I met up with Giulio Tremonti for an electoral discussion on a range of topics and particularly about the economy.
Tremonti stated that the Italian economy is doing well, that we are respected abroad, that he knows the five rules to revive our country, that it’s natural for the Public Debt to grow (but on this big one I’ve got doubts and even though I heard it with my own ears, I have to listen again to the recording.)
He added that the Biagi law is the panacea for the world of work, that the future of Italy lies in the massive engineering operations like the Messina Bridge and the revival of nuclear.
I could have just said nothing to gain votes.

The state of confusion of the CDL and its obstinate refusal to admit that there is a failing economic situation that they have dragged this country into, to face up to reality, to behave like ostriches (burying their head in the sand), makes me fear that the 2005 Balance Sheet for the State may reserve us unpleasant surprises that I hope can be managed
If even the Minister of the Economy refuses to accept the abnormal growth in the Public Debt, of the collapse of the foreign balance of trade, of tax evasion by one Italian in three, of a continued indebtedness of families, of the spread of precariousness (far different from solid jobs!) that takes away every hope for the future for our young people. If those who should have access to every statistic, deny these evident realities, we are finished.
This Government of the Republic that has lasted the longest time, blames the previous Government for Italy’s decline and for every other current problem.
But, if that is the case, what has it been doing in Government over the last 5 years?
And what has it achieved apart from laws ad personam, amnesties and the depenalisation of false accounting? The citizens don’t need lessons from professor Tremonti to find out that they can’t mange to get to the end of the month. They will hold him to account on 9 and 10 April.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Society