Recently we read headlines such "Less than one thousand euro for half of pensioners".
This is because it has been published and presented by the President Mastrapasqua, the first annual report of the Super INPS - Formed by the merger with Twiter (civil servants) e the ENPALS (sport and entertainment).
The numbers in the report tell us that there are seven million pensioners out of sixteen who receive less than a thousand Euros per month. And of those over I perceive two million five hundred.
So let us just, it is a fact that there are Italian pensioners in difficulty due to the low income from low pensions, but it is good to specify that this is real only when it is the only entry in which you live and / or when you add health problems.
As it is true that in the "Pensions World"There are many injustices, some of which are well detailed in the book by Mario Giordano:
Leeches. The golden pensions that drain your pockets
and in that of Salvatore Cannavò:
More leeches. L'Italian derubata. Pest status, pensioners luxury and politicians who never fail
But it would be useful and correct, go to deepen the numbers presented, maybe "interlacing" with other information (In this regard many Italians are in favor of the so-called "IRS snitch”?).
Yes, because, within those numbers there are so many different situations, who tell us that even when a retiree receives a low pension (due in most cases, simply to the fact that during their working life have made few contributions) it is said that living in poverty.
Some questions are legitimate, and many others could be mentioned, for example: how many of these retirees are first time home owners and other property, maybe rented and therefore bearers of additional income? How many of these pensioners receive substantial annual interest on bank deposits and / or postal, life insurance policies, etc.?.
Finally, here's some additional number drawn from this report: are 15,9 million pensioners paid by INPS, to the north prevail old-age pensioners (64%) and retirement (53%), while in the south are paid more disability pensions and social allowances.
Alex Gaetani
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