The interview Corriere della Sera for engineer Carlo De Benedetti, publisher of gruppo Espresso-Repubblica, as well as card number 1 in the democratic Party, has now become an appointment on a quarterly basis. Identical format, the same as the interviewer, Aldo Cazzullo, almost identical responses except for a small change of emphasis and tone to adapt to the rapid changes of a global reality in many forms.
So De Benedetti from refuse "to think that theAmerica like him" (July 16), now ” feel excluded that Donald Trump can become the president of the United States, "even if, obviously, not me" (28 September). The pessimism of the fund on the things of theeconomy, however, remained unchanged, always hovers in the spectrum of a epoch-making crisis that will put at risk the very survival of the democracies. The fault of the globalization and monetary policy ultra-expansive implemented by central banks in a vain attempt to counteract deflation and stagnation. The apocalyptic scenario that will lead to the triumph of the subject to considerable debate and ultradestre that already today are growing throughout Europe.
In this framework, according to the engineer, change the priority for Italy. If three months ago, Matteo Renzi had to nationalise the banks in difficulty, beating his fists on the table in Europe "because it is the policy that sets the rules, not the rules that set the policy", today, to stop the advance of the 5-Star Movement the engineer suggests a drastic cut of taxes job. Not a modest 3% reduction in the tax wedge, but a cut of at least 30%, "because the work is the only thing that matters, the rest is superstructure". How we pay for it? But what the heck, with a beautiful tax equity progressive that also includes all income not from work.
A tip "strong" in the government from one that is resident in Switzerland, and that did not seem to bother at all about the political feasibility of such a project. But De Benedetti believes so much in this thing as the asset that must not have spoken of another in the last few weeks with his most trusted friends and advisers. Not for the event, Sunday, Eugenio Scalfari has launched the same idea from the columns of the Republic calling for a progressive tax very strong on incomes by 120 thousand euros just to finance the cut in the tax wedge. Who knows, in December, a referendum is consumed, what other valuable suggestions to the government, the publisher of the Republic esternerà via Courier.
