IF THE ACTIVITIES CLOSE FOR PUBLIC REASONS, SOMEONE MUST REFUND. We relaunch the Regional MiniBots
Giuseppe Conte did what he does best: smart. By leaving the decisions on lockdowns to the Regions, it has removed the responsibility for an unpopular measure and has discharged the responsibility on the governors of the regions, perhaps counting on the fact that, being 15 center-right and 5 center-left, the ill will fall on political opponents.
Two governors immediately went to the assault: Lombardy and Lazio. The big cities, Milan and Rome, unfortunately show a non-positive epidemiological trend that has been taken as the causal element for two regional lockdowns.
The Lombardy region has decided to introduce a curfew from 11 to 5 in the morning, while the Lazio region from 12 to 5 in the morning. During those hours it will be necessary to self-certify the work reasons for which you stay out. Besides these limits, there are general limitations to the administration of the products.
I don't want to go deep into the analysis of the individual limits, but to speak of a general principle. Many administration and catering activities will be even more severely damaged by these decisions, so much so that Confcommercio expects 50,000 companies to close between now and the end of the year.
The responsibility of Covid-19 and its superficial and inadequate management is certainly not of the restaurateurs. The number of inadequate tests, the delays in the application of rapid mass tests on a voluntary basis, the delays in the experimentation of new treatments such as monoclonal antibodies, the various scientific committees and virologists in constant contrast and fight against each other, do not they are certainly a responsibility of the restaurateurs. therefore it is necessary that these entrepreneurs, who close on public order for public necessity, are adequately refreshed.
My proposal is simple: for Lazio let's let Zingaretti get something to suggest from Gualtieri, but for Lombardy why not assign one billion tax credits, in the form of mini-bots that can be transferred to the bearer and redeemable against regional taxes and, if possible, municipal? The transferability to the bearer would allow their circulation until the progressive reabsorption, The Lombard economy is sufficiently strong and large to tolerate an additional billion of liquidity and their nature would lead to a natural preference for "The Lombard purchase", without considering that then an emulation effect would start on the part of Veneto and Piedmont, expanding their market. The reimbursement could then be gradual and progressive, starting from 2022 when, we hope, the effects of COVID-19 will be completely overcome, at 200 million per year (almost zero, on the regional budget), unless the experiment has a such success that they want to keep it alive.
A practical and simple solution, as are the Lombard, the real ones. A solution consistent with the League's requests for some time at the national level, which could start at the regional level. One way to overcome the gap between small businesses and regional government which, if not healed from the start, risks generating long-term misunderstanding. If 4-5000 catering companies in Lombardy close, we will have a cancellation of invested capital, of value, of tradition, of entrepreneurial skills and of future tax revenues well above this type of investment. That Fontana does not wait for a decision from Rome or risks waiting forever.
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