The president of the INPS, Tito Boeri, after having reaffirmed his right to make proposals, insists on the project of recognizing a minimum income for those who lose their jobs in the 55-65 age group. The minister Giuliano Poletti (in our opinion, contradicting what he had argued a few days ago in answer to a question) he admitted that this is one of the ideas the government is also working on.
We do not deny that the question of protecting these people arises, but to us the solution of the minimum income seems to be anti-historical. All the international literature maintains that the prolongation of working life is an unavoidable need as a consequence of the demographic trends which will increasingly alter the relationship between the elderly and young people and which will produce their effects on the labor market, making it necessary, in fact, a permanence longer than the elderly at work.
Which would imply the need to invest in this perspective (difficult, but indispensable) both on the side of active policies, and on that of contractual, remuneration and work organization policies, using resources (Boeri states that it would be 1,6 XNUMX billion on an annual basis) otherwise used to ''scrap'' people still able to work.
It would be more appropriate to replace the minimum income with a bonus for those who hire workers over 55 who have lost their jobs. Then let's not talk about "exodus persons" (those who have run into the new requirements of the Monti-Fornero reform), for whom sufficiently adequate safeguards have been set up (so much so that savings are made with respect to the foreseen allocations). The measure proposed by Boeri would concern the ''exodus candidates'' in the coming years and would also translate into an incentive for undeclared work. Much better to strengthen the ASDI (the performance, linked to the means test, provided for in Legislative Decree No. 22 of 2015, in implementation of the Poletti Jobs Act 2.0).
The case of VAT holders is interesting. In 2014, 574 new ones were opened; for 76 thousand this occurred in the month of December, it is presumed as an anticipation in order not to incur in the new tax regime, pursuant to the stability law, which entered into force on 1 January of this year (and which was then modified into headquarters of the "thousand extensions" decree). 86% of new VAT numbers concern natural persons, 10,9% joint-stock companies and 3% partnerships. 0,5% relates to non-residents and other legal forms. The main sectors of activity are commerce, followed by professional activities.
