“Really, even within the 'rigid' spending of public employment or pensions, it is not possible to make corrections without damaging acquired rights?”. The deputies Bruno Tabacci (Democratic Center), Fabio Melilli (Pd), Angelo Rughetti (Pd) and Andrea Romano (Civilian Choice) ask for it in a letter addressed to Corriere della Sera.
“The signatories of this letter – reads the text – have identified some measures to save on spending, even of a certain size. The first concerns a rule in the field of public employment which is based on a principle. In the public administration there are many employees who have low productivity, have come close to retirement and would gladly give up a percentage of their salary if left at home to telework or without providing work through availability".
These people enjoy "higher-than-average salaries thanks to seniority increases - the MPs still explain -. If we imagined assigning to each sector a reduction target on the basis of agreements and then on the basis of decisions by the administrations, we could have serious savings. If one were thinking of a target of 100.000 employees, the total cost would amount to around 4,5 billion, which with a 30% reduction in wages would ensure savings of 1 billion without lowering productivity. The savings could be used to cover tax reductions or to finance a plan to hire young people under 30".
The second proposal put forward by the four deputies “tends to eliminate the accumulation between the receipt of the public pension and the remuneration for carrying out a public office, both elective and appointed. Think of how many parliamentarians, members of the government and cabinets, councilors and assessors of local authorities, members of the boards of directors of public companies but also councilors of state or of the Court of Auditors receive a double salary which could instead be saved or paid in a fund to finance startups or the recruitment of young people”.
According to Tabacci, Melilli, Rughetti Romano, "to defend the welfare state and to ensure a future for the new generations" it is necessary "to go and seek resources within the state budget, remodeling public spending which, despite the blood and tears maneuvers of recent years, continues to grow".
