Citizenship income, Grillo: “Social reform among the most important republican history”

“The Citizenship Income is one of the most important social reforms in the history of our republic”. The founder of the M5s, Beppe Grillo, writes this, defending on Twitter the measure of support against poverty desired by the movement. “So let’s try to ‘do an account'”, he writes on his blog “Giuseppe rag. Grillo” on citizenship income, starting from the INPS data updated in August 2021 which “tell us that there are 1.36 million beneficiaries, for over 3 million of people, with an average amount of 546 euros, in particular. The families composed of three and four people prevail, respectively 646 thousand and 673 thousand. The families with minors are almost 443 thousand, with a number of people involved of over 1.64 million, while the nuclei with the disabled are almost 231 thousand, with over 536 thousand people involved. Read also “The audience of citizens’ income and citizenship pension recipients is made up of 2.58 million Italian citizens, 318 thousand non-EU citizens with residence permits EU for at least 10 years in Italy, and 119 thousand European citizens. The distribution by geographic area sees 592 thousand beneficiaries in the North and 427 thousand in the Center, while in the South and Islands it exceeds 2 million recipients “.” During 2020, at the height of the pandemic period, the beneficiaries of citizenship income – continues Grillo – they reached 3.7 million people. Together with the emergency income, almost 5 million poor people have been reached, as many as Istat certified, more or less in absolute poverty. The citizenship income also serves to supplement the income from work, for many, the so-called working poor, part time, single mothers with children, who do not reach a certain threshold. “About 20% of the beneficiaries of citizenship income receive a supplement of income. In 2020, before the Pandemic, Istat certified a drastic reduction in poverty over 2019, thanks to the rdc. The Gini coefficient, or the index that measures inequality, was reduced by almost one point. Caritas has repeatedly recognized the great role played by the DRC in combating poverty. For many, the DRC is the only form of income. A liberation also from exploitation, subjugation, illegal work and starvation wages. “A salary reserve ‘as the economists say, which in the absence of a legal minimum wage, offers a buffer below which one does not sink into absolute poverty, and one is free to decide whether to accept a starving job or continue to search without dying king of hunger. During the Pandemic, together with the Emergency Income it was not only an instrument to combat poverty, but also a protection against despair, which allowed the necessary social cohesion, against the risks of civilization. “Most of these people , more than 2/3, are not employable, but are minors, disabled, elderly. We read in the latest INPS Report that in the years preceding the introduction of the RdC, the current recipients were not actually in the contributory archives as workers: only a small percentage, less than 20%, had a record of 9 weeks a year of work. There are therefore few employables, about 700 thousand people, and of these, according to data from Anpal, about 350 thousand people have had a contract of work “.” However, these are employers with low qualifications, low education, mainly middle and elementary school. Inclusion, assistance and training this is what these people need. Controls are both ex ante and ex post. Ex ante the INPS refused 1 million applications. So about 40% thanks to cross-checks on income and assets. In addition, the INPS has revoked about 130,000 requests from the RdC, for various reasons including: false declarations of income, assets, residence, family, or failure to declare convicted for specific crimes, within the nucleus. ” Ex post, the Guardia di Finanza, together with INPS and the other law enforcement agencies, charged irregular recipients about 217 million euros, of which 127 million have already been recovered. today. This is therefore one of the most controlled measures. Unfortunately, scams exist on many services: false disability, earners with undeclared work, layoffs for companies that do not need them or who make beneficiaries work even in layoffs, etc. , and often for more than 1%. “But these figures are not newsworthy. For those who still want to debase one of the most revolutionary ideas of this country, I remember that any criticism of citizenship income is not an attack on the M5S, but an offense to over 3 million people who until yesterday were unable to put together lunch with dinner, and that finally they no longer feel invisible “, concludes Grillo.