stefania mauriziJul 31, 2023
1. as #Meloni cuts the only subsidy for people in extreme poverty - #redditocittadinanza-she will spend 4-6B € for #Leopard2 tanks.
It's crucial to understand how #UkraineWar has been used to steer Italy's public spending towards #Arms & #ForeverWars and crush our #WelfareState
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2. Like it or not, my country had a very good #WelfareState: we had a good #PublicHealthSystem, we had excellent schools and universities, where people like me, from underprivileged background (I'm the first to finish school in my family) had a chance to get first-rate education
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3. for the last 20 years,Italian governments, both conservative and progressive ones, have resisted U.S. pressures to increase Italy's military spending to 2% GDP because they were aware it would have destroyed our #WelfareState
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4. after the 9/11 U.S. exerted relentless pressure on the Italian government to increase our military spending to 2% GDP, however, our governments resisted and even the U.S. diplomacy understood their reluctance. See this cable revealed by #WikiLeaks:

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08MILAN73_a.html

Cable: 08MILAN73_a

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5. but now, the #UkraineWar is providing a crucial opportunity to the military-industrial complex to steer #Italy public spending and priorities.
It is a strategic plan, not a tactical one. It is NOT a temporary shifting of our priorities.
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6. The strategic plan by the U.S. military-industrial complex is to steer Italy's public spending towards #Arms and #ForeverWars,rather than towards #WelfareState.
This plan goes well beyond #UkraineWar and it
will destroy our #PublicHealthSystem & #EducationSystem.
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