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5 unusual facts about Contract with the Italians


Contract with the Italians

Journalists Marco Travaglio and Peter Gomez, in their book Le mille balle blu, have stated that none of the five points was complied and concluded ironically: "Although missed all five goals, Silvio Berlusconi is re-nominated. So does not maintain even the sixth and final commitment"

In 2001, the UIL trade union has calculated that the elders who received less than one million lire a month pension was 5,901,244, at the end of 2002 rose to about 8 million, according to statistics of the economist Tito Boeri.

Infrastructure Minister Pietro Lunardi claimed that adding up the works under construction and those entrusted, could be reached in June 2006 the 45% of investments.

From the estimates of Marco Travaglio and Peter Gomez, however, the tax burden during the legislature has increased overall, taking into account the increase of local taxes and tariffs.

Considering only the actual opening of the construction sites, the data showed that the Ministry of Infrastructure in January 2006 has achieved 21.4% of the planned investments.



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