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Parliament
opens and the usual unchanged and unsolved problems come back, too.
Then,
here come the discussion on the electoral reform, as well as the problem
of federalism: everybody shouts or sings to bring grist to his mill,
while citizens seem to live in apnoea, trying to ignore reality and
avoid to look at what is happening. Climate is more and more overheated
with the next election in sight, and obviously trade unions, too, want
to count more with regard to the decisions the government is expected
to take.
Unusual
movements, for example those representing the police, mainly organize
strikes we can only support.
In
fact, whereas MPs, ministers, former ministers and governments officials
are excessively paid, the fact of proposing a rise of 18,000 lire for
the police is really a disgraceful proposal, something to be ashamed
of.
But
today those who commit suicide out of shame only represent an exception.
But leaving aside want of decency, this proposal is also ridiculous:
18,000 lire are not even sufficient to buy a tram season ticket, and
it is simply insulting to offer this rise to those who risk their life
every day to protect citizens, while several millions are paid to rather
mysterious consulting firms for activities that have no interest for
citizens.
Having
said that, the current situation is certainly getting worse, with the
Euro that continues to lose value. But, hadn’t we been said that with
the introduction of the single European currency we would all become
richer?
One
of the issues the Parliament has not dealt with for four years is the
reorganization of the law on violence against a minor: the result is
that today there are more and more cases of subjects affected by sexual
disorders who can continue to follow their uncontrolled sexual instincts
undisturbed, even occasionally taking part in some TV shows to talk
about these issues.
Another
major issue that is conditioning every day’s life is certainly that
of oil price raises, a problem mass media daily report. In fact, the
only one who takes advantage from this situation (and that should not
be seen as a paradox) is state.
And we are going to explain why: in this period ENI (the National Hydrocarbon
Corporation) has cashed in around 400 billion lire, which come from
the petrol rises that have been gradually decided, while the Ministry
of the Treasury is paying much lower sums for the reimbursement of the
various categories affected by rises. For example, this is the case
of the reimbursement proposed for taxi drivers, which only amounts to
some 120 billion lire.
The Treasury cashes in the rest, as already said: another way of fooling
not only taxi drivers, but also citizens in general.
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