Without a basic income: about what

Citizenship income returns to the front page. What will happen to those who lost the symbolic subsidy of the first Conte-Salvini-Di Maio government in a few months, in the middle of summer? The subsidy for the so-called “employable” is provided for only 7 full months in 2023 (instead of the current 18, renewable). For 18-29 year olds who have not completed compulsory education, the perception of income depends on their attendance to the courses. Another change is the elimination of the possibility of rejecting even a single “suitable” job offer, but on a large scale this is a false problem, as the scarcity of job offers that have been delivered to buyers so far has been highlighted everywhere. According to estimates by the parliamentary budget office, the tightening decided by the Meloni government could cause 38.5% of households (and 23% of people) who receive it today to lose aid. About 400 thousand families, more than half a million people. Numbers that require the spotlight to be well lit and target any social outcome.

Who loses the basic income?

Therefore, the subsidy in the summer will not be canceled for all recipients, but only for persons under 60 years of age who must sign the employment contract and there are no persons with disabilities, minors or over 60 years old in the family unit. The budget law of the Meloni government, adopted at the end of December, abolished the citizen’s income from January 1, 2024: it will be replaced by another indefinite subsidy to combat poverty. Nothing is known about this vehicle. However, the real trap is expected to be in July-August. To date, the executive has not envisioned a tangible and accessible path to work for the hundreds of thousands of people who will soon find themselves “netless”, despite promises by the end of 2022.

70% of citizens’ income earners are subjects with very low qualifications and poor education. An example: a 50-year-old man who has no dependent children, has been unemployed for a long time and does not have certain skills, does not have a chance to find a regular job with a decent salary, and is currently sent to social services, will lose his support. To pay rent and meet basic needs at the end of July. Another example: A “homeless” person who has been earning a basic income since August may run out of money for food, because he or she falls into the very uncertain employable category.

Meloni confirms basic income has stopped today

Today Giorgia Meloni returns to talk about the subsidy in a lengthy interview. Only 24 Hours. Does the PM approve of his decision to flip the basic income sheet? “Of course – says Meloni – the citizen’s income is a measure that fails all the goals from which it was born. It did not eliminate poverty and did not create employment. We decided to replace the income of the citizen with concrete measures to combat poverty and apart from these, it is aimed at strengthening active employment policies. one of his many mistakes was precisely this: mixing tools to combat poverty and assistance with active employment policies. Minister of Labour, Calderone, recently evaluated our situation. We are working to create a new programming of compliance policies 2021-2027.

Will deadlines be adhered to? “Certainly, but these are merely a transition point from one tool to another to take charge of all subjects who need tools for social or work engagement,” Meloni concludes.

Everything stopped

For those who will lose their basic income in August, everything has come to a standstill. The executive had ensured that it would support those who could be employed, perhaps by enriching courses, training activities and accompaniment to employment. But he never went from word to action.

The educational obligations envisaged by this year’s incomes of new citizens “are not only of concern to the recipients of the Rdc. It is really about who should make them viable in the first place: employment centers in cooperation with educational institutions on the one hand, the Ministry of Education on the other. But to date, nothing on this front. nothing has changed. Print teacher Chiara Saraceno – even the memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Education was not ratified; Compulsory education as enrollment and attendance at CPAs, which are adult education centres, is based on the normal school calendar and mid-year enrollment is not possible. It is a long-standing issue that will require a rethinking of adult schooling in a more calendar-flexible switch, not just for those leveraging Rdc to stop demand for education immediately. As far as possible, without imposing long waits that risk losing motivation, without being completely discouraged,” explains the researcher.

In short, hundreds of thousands of households will be left without support in the middle of summer without receiving the promised support and education resources. However, even those who do not immediately lose the subsidy (given the presence of the elderly, minors or disabled people in their core), but at the end of the year, will hardly have access to these measures to strengthen their skills and professional qualifications. It is necessary, though not always sufficient, to find a job.

Citizenship income: Today.it’s interview with Filini (FdI)

“No longer will it be given to non-family members who are able to work but are dependents, to the disabled, to minors in the family. A training course will be abolished and opened for them, I hope this is the European social fund – he said in an interview yesterday today.it Francesco Filini, assistant of the Italian Brotherhood -. It is a fund that has been made available by the European Union for some time and is not always adequately used by the Regions. This fund provides a kind of income of the citizens where education takes place. If you don’t have a job, I’ll give you a training course through a company and I can also give you a subsidy while you study. So not only paid training, but also reimbursement of expenses incurred during training.” However, there is no certainty about the timing of the project Filini is talking about.

“All industries need staff with minimal qualifications. I can give an example of the age-old problem of laying optical fiber, the splicers needed – says Filini. There is a huge budget for laying fiber optic clothing, but they can’t find the staff to do it, but a I can give many examples, think about it, we are the second largest manufacturing country in Europe. Rental”.

The problem was that the government had put in place clear, timely and adequate strategies to rally companies and subsidy recipients who would find themselves with a “blank” yellow card within months. It didn’t happen.