Lettera di una collega. La politica italiana mi fa arrabbiare.

Good morning, I am a nurse and I want to share with you my experience, my concerns, my point of view, after 22 years living in Italy.

I arrived full of hope, I had found a job in one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and one of the most important for history and culture.

At first it was not easy, but then I adapted.

Unfortunately, I immediately got the impression that Italian politics, when it gives resources to one category, does so by taking them away from another. 

To help one poor person, they take the plate away from another poor person.

For example, they help illegal immigrants (and that's very nice) but then they cut healthcare, for patients with mental illness or other degenerative diseases.

A problem that upsets me is that of undeclared work. Professionals, workers who show a low ISEE, maybe even zero, while earning a lot of money under the table.

Many TV shows claim that the old MIDDLE CLASS, besides becoming poorer and poorer, does not have children. 

Professionals and workers who can't make it to the end of the month to pay taxes, while others collect money in secret, without paying a single tax and even receiving aid from the Italian State.

Then if some exasperated worker, to survive, tries to evade a few euros, they are crucified.
The bravest now flee abroad.

When my son was born, we were a single-income family, but I never received any financial help.  

No free nursery for us.
The social worker, at the time, told me that studying is not mandatory, there is always food on the table and so I am not entitled to anything.

Then you find out about families where the lady works as a caregiver under the table and earns more than you, and maybe with a husband who receives the citizenship income. With beautiful cars, but a very low or even zero ISEE.

When I hear politicians say "Italians first!" I understand that it's just propaganda, propaganda that provokes aggression towards those like me who work and pay taxes honestly.

I say, NO to Italians first, first those who follow the rules, first honest people.

Millions of people working under the table on the backs of professionals, workers, who after 36 years of contributions almost have no right to retire.

They do quota 100, 102, play with numbers, those who retire after 5 years, the parliamentarians.

I came from Moldova, without money and no one gave me accommodation. I didn't even expect it.

I have also experienced racism, not only from Italians, but Albanians, black men, Arabs, even from a doctor, etc., but I was strong and let it go.

This whole story about the 110% refund. For me, they gave money to those who already had money. They gave palliatives instead of creating real and lasting jobs.

Salaries haven't changed in 20 years, they create more and more precarious jobs, inflation is sky high. When they decide to cut, they do it to teachers, nurses, carabinieri, police, firefighters, etc.

They never hit organized crime or corruption, which together could eliminate the public debt in ten years. I am very angry with Italian politics… 

There is no focus on honesty, nor on meritocracy.

A colleague.