At the announcement of the July mid-term budget decisions, federal or regional governments qualified their decisions as “historic”. The reaction from civil society, media and the public was sceptical.
The 'basic income' is in the spotlight: as an answer to technology that destroys jobs, as a method for creating more opportunities and less poverty, or as an alternative to the welfare state.
Good governance is a very extensive concept which relates to both the tasks of the government, the reached result and also the way a result was pursued, as the cost of it. Obviously, good governance is on the agenda of Itinera.
The situation in our country shows the urgency of a tax shift away from taxes on labour. We observe that despite all the recommendations of other instances, also this government doesn’t take this challenge seriously.