Italy, she explained, has changed greatly since 1996, with huge improvements; it is these improvements that the Ulivo want to continue, with the introduction of Research and Development. Unlike the Casa Della Liberta who want to dismantle the public sector as it stands, the Ulivo coalition want to build around the existing framework. The reasoning for her being late was that she had been in a meeting, where the latest figures for unemployment had just been distributed, this brought about the starting point of fiscal policy. Unemployment in the South of Italy is down from 13.9% to 9.9%. This means that 100 thousand Billion Lire can be given back to the consumers in terms of public spending, the aim: to reduce fiscal pressure to less than 40% on families. 20 Million Lire will be the lowest income to which an individual will become tax exempt. More private investors and resources will be injected into Research and Development. A lighter state is wanted and this will be
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