Sometimes the mind boggles when you see people of high reputation, who hold prestigious commissions, proposals absurdly weird. It 's the case of Professor Claudio Malinconico Castriota Scanderbeg, currently president of the Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FIEG) and its demands to the government, made a few days ago.
On the one hand there' is anachronistic proposal to restore part of the fiscal and financial privileges recently taken by the Government. On the other there is the absurd demand to establish a new fee for internet connections to finance le perdite che gli editori subirebbero, a causa dell'uso che alcuni motori di ricerca farebbero delle news da loro prodotte.
Come al solito le categorie si arroccano sulla difesa dei privilegi guadagnati in anni di vacche grasse, senza pensare neppure per un momento di darsi da fare per cercare forme più efficienti ed economiche di fare i loro affari. Oltre oceano importanti quotidiani pensano di migrare completamente sul web, mentre qui si mandano avanti titolatissimi presidenti a chiedere i soldini per la carta. Materiale che, si sa bene, verrà utilizzato in larga misura per stampare copie da inviare al macero.
Gli editori possono legittimamente cercare i soldi dai cittadini Italians looking to newspapers and magazines to keep up with the times, that so many wish to buy. However, it is more convenient to try to get their hands in their pockets to the State to take what we believe should serve. If only they could do so even families in economic crisis, no one would have anything to say. Except that it does not.
The tax on internet connections is in itself an absurdity, especially in a country where access to public administration and information is more and more through this channel. It would also be an unjust tax, because today, if anything, the problem is to allow internet access even to large segments of the population who can not afford it.
Maybe there really need new people in Italy, not only in politics but also in its sectors of the economy and culture. We need new proposals and ideas, anchored in the realities of today and project into the future.
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