“POUJADISM” IN ITALY
CAMPAIGN TO ALTER TAX SYSTEM (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) MILAN, January 6, An economic movement resembling Poujadism in France is taking shape today among Italy’s small business men. Mr Raffaele Garbin, an accountant and chairman of Milan’s Fishmongers’ Union, is described as the ‘“father” of the movement. He told a newspaper that its 100 promoters were drafting a programme in preparation for launching the movement, which planned to stand in Italy’s municipal and provincial elections this year. He said the movement already had about 1000 followers. Many of its promoters were vegetable and fruit dealers.
They considered the country’s taxation system obsolete, he said. They wanted the amount of annual earnings exempt from income tax to be raised from the present 240,000 lire (£138) to 700,000 lire (£402). and intended to fight for lower taxes in general for shopkeepers, artisans, and other small business men. They had no political aims, he declared.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27861, 9 January 1956, Page 13
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