Another embarrassing U-turn for Elly Schlein. The debate on the wealth tax stirs the broad field. On the day Avs relaunches the tax on the rich, comes the stop from the secretary of the Pd, who had also said she was in favor just a few days ago: “We will discuss it but the wealth tax is not among the things already shared in the program of the progressive alliance,” explained Schlein speaking at the conference of young entrepreneurs of Confindustria in Rapallo.
Almost simultaneously, in Milan, the leader of Sinistra Italiana Nicola Fratoianni gathered some MEPs from European Left Alliance, including Ilaria Salis, in an event whose title already made everything clear: *Tax the rich*. And also for the M5s parliamentarian, Chiara Appendino, “it is right and urgent to introduce a ‘Millionaire Tax‘”.
“The time of privileges is over and it is time to redistribute wealth. There is nothing absurd in this proposal, which is reasonable, sensible, and reformist,” commented Fratoianni, emphasizing that with European allies, the best tools to carry forward the proposal will be studied. The solutions, according to the Avs exponent, can be diverse, “from the tax on large assets to the reform, in the Italian case, of the Irpef tax system which is now anti-progressive and in violation of the Constitution.”
But also the **inheritance tax** “which does not exist in Italy, with ridiculous percentages of **3-4%** and with exemptions of **1 million euros** for each child”. Distortions, for Fratoianni, that “must be corrected”. Ilaria Salis also reinforced his thesis, asking to “prevent the rich from **transferring their tax residence**. A European law can be made and move with other countries”. And in any case, those ‘rich’ to be taxed for Salis are “those very few people who in fact hold a disproportionate part of the wealth” and who “must be taxed proportionally”.
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A measure that “would not fall on the middle class as is often said: it is a lie”. The leader of Italia Viva Matteo Renzi instead invited to find “a balance”, also because the debate on the wealth tax “works well as a slogan but then, in reality, if you raise taxes too much on a certain segment of the population, it is likely that they will go to Switzerland or Luxembourg”. Renzi’s recipe, therefore, is “to bring many rich people to pay taxes here, but not to increase taxes on the rich, rather to decrease them for the poor”.
Avs, however, insists: “The Italian tax system is extremely unfair and there is a problem of progressivity – declared Angelo Bonelli, Avs deputy and co-spokesperson for Europa Verde -. One can imagine a solidarity contribution, a specific tax on the super-rich — today in Italy there are 79, with a total wealth of 357 billion euros — to allocate resources, over 3-4 years, to reduce waiting lists in public healthcare”. If we want to build a fairer country, the 5 Star Movement and the entire progressive camp must have the courage to challenge privileges and reduce inequalities, putting social justice back at the center of the political agenda. If we want to build a fairer country, the 5 Star Movement and the entire progressive camp must have the courage to challenge privileges and reduce inequalities, putting social justice back at the center of the political agenda. “If we want to build a fairer country, the 5 Star Movement and the entire progressive camp must have the courage to challenge privileges and reduce inequalities, putting social justice back at the center of the political agenda – is the position taken by the five-star Appendino -. And I am not talking – she specifies – about putting hands in the pockets of families, small savers, or the middle class”.
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