Orlando: “On corporate welfare ahead with tax relief measures”

“The government continues to work in the wake of past government interventions on the tax exemption of corporate welfare which have also given very good results. The launch of this policy came with the Renzi government and was continued in subsequent ones”. Thus the Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando, during his speech at the presentation of the Welfare Index PMI 2021 report, reaffirms the government’s will to support and strengthen corporate welfare. “Unlike what was thought in the past, welfare does not come after competitiveness and development but on the contrary it is one of the elements of competitiveness: the fastest reaction to Covid in fact came from those countries with a structured and organized welfare system. We need to think of welfare, therefore, not as an intervention that is adopted in a period of fat cows but as a condition for the country’s competitiveness “, he adds, recalling how currently” health measures and recovery measures are essentially one and the same. We speak of the Green pass not only as an element in contrasting the epidemic but also as a tool to make companies work with peace of mind “, he continues.” That welfare is important and not something that comes after competitiveness. unfortunately demonstrated the pandemic: the countries that are reacting best to the trauma of the virus are those that have a stronger welfare state. Welfare can do a lot for workers both in terms of ini promotion, protection, enhancement. And it is very important to look at how a corporate welfare has grown in recent years, which integrates and must integrate the public one. The PNRR is a great opportunity to enhance welfare “, explains Orlando.” A less torn society with more effective inclusion paths is a society that is more competitive in the long run and those who dump and leave a piece behind, in the end they will also have to pay repercussions in terms of competitiveness “, he concludes.