Citizenship income, the boater is forever. Total failure and the government recycles them – Time

They were the face of the turning point, the Army of Good, the great retirees of poverty. Yes, the sailors, soul and nucleus of the income of the citizenship, those figures who, as if by magic, were supposed to “satisfy supply and demand”, straightening out the tortuous path towards the conquest of employment for the beneficiaries of the measure. In addition, they had also acquired a certain pop vein, having entered fully into the novel of the 5 Star Movement. A kind of new human category to study, so much so that when the competition was held at the Fiera di Roma, cameras and laptops arrived. Who I am? What are they doing? What do they dream of? What do they hope to find? And his de facto mentor, Minister Di Maio, came to “bless” his training day. Go and place, catechize the crowded stands of that baptized event, in a very suggestive way, “kick off”, like the kick-off. Well, just the game gradually smoothed out, clouded over, slowed down. Citizens’ income, as a measure of “well-being for work”, that is, an active policy to get people to work, was a dream that crashed against the wall of reality. Limited to the ruthless figures provided, not even three months ago, by the Court of Auditors: out of a million applications accepted, only 2% found work thanks to navigators.

So we are on the order of a few tens of thousands. And throughout the months, chronicles were added that spoke of a difficult integration of these new figures with the structures of the employment centers. Then there was the lockdown and very difficult smart work to drive efficiency (as in many other sectors, on the other hand). Now, for the almost 3,000 sailors, who earn about 1,700 euros net per month, the countdown begins to run, since the contract expires in April 2021. For some of them, new doors could be opened (this time with stability) calls of regional competitions. But all the others will not be lost. Because another possibility of employment seems to come from the government, since obviously, according to them, a scheme that (does not) win does not change.

So if the navigators have lost (not their fault, of course), the compass, here are the digital “enablers”. Over 3,000, an obviously expensive number. This is what a proposal contained in the now famous table on the Employment Plan of the Recovery Fund foresees. The idea came to the Minister of Technological Innovation, Paola Pisano of the 5 Star Movement. And here is the heart of this trick: “Allow in the period of three years the approximately 7.5 million Italian families who, according to ISTAT data, declare that they still do not have a PC / tablet at home, to be able to equip them, to through specific vouchers, and at your disposal a support service provided “. This is what “facilitators” should serve.

Cost of the operation? Some 5,000 million euros, which will also be allocated to another objective, which is to promote the dissemination of smart work for around 1.5 million public employees and around 2 million employees of SMEs through incentives to AP and SMEs to supplying PC / Tablet. From navigators to “facilitators”, it can be seen that the only active employment policy wanted by the pentastellati is to make the PA a huge social safety net.