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Forza Italia’s policies on economic issues

These issues below are sorted in descending order based on how important the average Italian [people] voter ranked them on the quiz.

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the Economy  ›  Equal Pay

Should employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Minimum Wage

Should the government raise the national minimum wage?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Youth Unemployment

Should the EU implement a union-wide policy to combat youth unemployment specifically?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Taxes

Should Italy raise taxes on the rich?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  Domestic Jobs

Should the government provide tax incentives to private companies to keep jobs within the country?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Four-day Workweek

Should Italy transition to a four-day workweek?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  Government Spending

Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  Government Pensions

Should pension payments be increased for retired government workers?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Inflation

Has the government done enough to lower inflation?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  Universal Basic Income

Do you support a universal basic income program?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  Church Tax

Should the church tax be abolished?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Public Sector Borrowing

Should the government reduce public sector borrowing?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Inheritance Tax

Should the government abolish the inheritance tax?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes, it is double taxation

the Economy  ›  Offshore Banking

Should Italian citizens be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Corporate Tax

Should the government raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseLower

the Economy  ›  Tariffs

Should the government add or increase tariffs on products imported into the country?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo, a global free trade system is better for our businesses and consumers

the Economy  ›  Welfare

Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseMore, and deny benefits to immigrants

the Economy  ›  Trade Ethics

Do you support the negotiation of trade agreements that include strict labor and environmental standards?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Farm Subsidies

Should the EU subsidize farmers?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Energy Independence

Should the EU prioritize achieving complete energy independence from non-EU countries?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  EU Fiscal Integration

Should the EU adopt a shared fiscal policy and budget among member states to stabilize the economy?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Welfare Drug Testing

Should welfare recipients be tested for drugs?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  China Trade Rules

Should the EU impose strict trade rules on China in order to protect its economy?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Greece Bailout

Do you support the EU bailout of Greece?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Do you support the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Bonus Cap

Should bankers’ bonuses be capped at 100% of their pay?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  State Ownership

Should the government acquire equity stakes in companies it bails out during a recession?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Corporate Taxation

Should there be a minimum corporate tax rate set across the EU to avoid tax competition between member states?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  EU Tax

Do you believe there should be an EU-wide tax on financial transactions

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  EU Capital Market Union

Should the EU create a capital market union?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Surcharge Ban

Should the government ban surcharges tacked onto concert tickets, cable bills, banking services, hotel bookings and other purchases?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Single Digital Market

Should the EU prioritize the completion of a single digital market to ensure uniform access to digital services across all member states?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Decentralized Finance

Should the technology of our financial system transition to a decentralized protocol, that is not owned or controlled by any corporation, similar to the internet?

FI>FI  Forza Italia voterbaseNo

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Missiles for Moscow: North Korea's Secret Factory Fuels Russia's War Machine

North Korea is expanding a key weapons manufacturing complex that assembles a type of short-range missile used by Russia in Ukraine, researchers at a U.S.-based think tank have concluded, based on satellite images.The facility, known as the February 11 plant, is part of the Ryongsong Machine Complex in Hamhung, North Korea's second-largest city, on the country's east coast.Sam Lair, a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), located at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, said the plant was the only one known to produce the Hwasong-11 class of solid-fuel ballistic missiles.Ukrainian officials say these munitions - known as the KN-23 in the West - have been used by Russian forces in their assault on Ukraine.The expansion of the complex has not been previously reported.Both Moscow and Pyongyang have denied that North Korea has transferred weapons for Russia to use against Ukraine, which it invaded in February 2022. Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defense treaty at a summit in June and have pledged to boost their military ties.North Korea's mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment for this story.The satellite images, taken in early October by the commercial satellite firm Planet Labs, show what appears to be an additional assembly building under construction as well as a new housing facility, likely intended for workers, according to the analysis by researchers at CNS.It also appears that Pyongyang is improving the entrances for some of the underground facilities at the complex.A disused bridge crane that was in front of a tunnel entrance, blocking easy access, was removed, suggesting they might be placing an emphasis on that part of the facility, Lair said."We see this as a suggestion that they're massively increasing, or they're trying to significantly increase, the throughput of this factory," Lair said.The new assembly building is about 60 to 70 percent the size of the previous building used to assemble missiles.

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Biden will issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden

President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night, according to a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision.The decision marks a reversal for the president, who has repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. The pardon comes ahead of Hunter Biden’s Dec. 12 sentencing for his conviction on federal gun charges. Hunter Biden also is set to be sentenced in a separate criminal case on Dec. 16, after pleading guilty in September on federal tax evasion charges.The pardon is expected to cover both Hunter Biden’s gun charges conviction and guilty plea.The senior White House official said Biden decided over this weekend to grant his son a pardon and began to inform his senior aides on Sunday. Using his pardon power to assure Hunter Biden does not spend time in jail comes as the 82-year-old president is near the end of his term in the White House and has no future election to face. In recent months Biden has said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence.“I will not pardon him,” the president said of his son in June after a jury found him guilty on three federal gun charges.President Biden has discussed issuing a pardon for his son with some of his closest aides since at least Hunter Biden’s conviction in June, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions about the matter said. They said a decision was made at the time for the president to publicly say he would not pardon his son even though doing so remained on the table.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters earlier this month that the president’s position has not changed.

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