„My name is Lucio Di Gaetano and I have always worked in the banking world. I worked for the Italian Central Bank for five years, plus another seven years in the private sector and now I am a company consultant.
I’m here today to tell you about the rip-off that the Letta Government has been perpetrating on all the Italians, all hush-hush while Berlusconi’s impeachment was being announced, via the decree concerning the revaluation of the Italian Central Bank shares so as to get its hands on 900 million Euro without overshooting the three percent deficit level. 450 million of that will be gifted per annum to the Italian Central Bank shareholders, which as you know, are private parties.
But let’s take a step back here. Why does the Italian Central Bank have private shareholders anyway, you ask? How have we landed up in this land of Oz where a public institution is partly owned by private banks that are owned by foundations controlled by the political parties?“