Pension reform: reducing the 14th is the idea of ​​Boeri – Investing Today

In a recent interview released to Sole24Ore, the president of INPS Tito Boeri spoke to 360 of the new pension reform, with special emphasis on increasing the minimum pensions and the 14th bonus.

according to Boeri, in fact, in 7 cases out of 10 the quattordicesiman bonus goes to people who are not poor, and for this reason, the payment of bonuses should be reviewed and limited.

the Boeri ideas on pension reform

the president of INPS also explained, in his opinion, the bee will end up creating additional pension debt: allow workers greater flexibility in output, in the past, has always increased the debt. Even with the Bee, and the related tax bonus provided, it will end, according to Boeri, to create additional debt. Precisely for this reason Boeri states that the categories that grant the tax bonus should be chosen with great care as if it was granted only to those who have very low household income would become a sort of minimum income. In this case, the bonus could be regarded as the first piece of the SIA that the government has expressed a wish to implement.

As for the low pensions Boeri states that “If you really want to help poor pensioners, good to look to their household income, not just individual retirement income, as does the 14th that, for this reason, in 7 cases out of 10 goes to people who are not poor. The problem is that the husband or wife of the recipient of a rich annuity can access the fourteenth their income does not exceed one and half times the minimum treatment.. “

According to Boeri, in this case, is better to focus the increase of social bonuses that are paid out according to the set of family income or even select beneficiaries using the ISEE.

Boeri states that “in the last 10 years, the average income of employees remained at the stake, while the number of pensioners has grown. The distance between the incomes of pensioners and workers is so strongly reduced: today those on board has an average income of more than 80% of the income of those who work; this ratio was less than 70% ten years ago. A country that is struggling to grow is right to promote these continuous redistribution towards those who do not work? If there are resources to reduce taxes, maybe better to do it for all, pensioners and workers. I think certainly the wrong message to cut taxes only for pensioners.. “