ITALY AND THE PERMESSO TURISTI

NOT THAT IT'S A SUPRISE
BUT ITALY HAS THE
HIGHEST SMOG DAYS IN ALL
OF EUROPE.

ACCORDING TO THE
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
SEVENTY ( 70% )PERCENT
OF ALL THE SMOG DAYS ARE
DUE TO " LA MACCHINA '
READ CARS IN ITALY.

PALERMO HAS 207 SMOG
DAYS A YEAR AND VERONA
186 DAYS AND MANY CITIES
IN ITALY EXCEED THE EU
STANDARDS.

THE ABOVE IS A CONCLUSION
OF TESTS DONE BY THEIR
OWN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

THIS IS A PROBLEM
CAUSED BY THE CITIZENS
OF ITALY, NOT THE
" TURISTI "; YET THEY
WANT THE TOURIST TO
PAY FOR THE PROBLEMS
THEY GENERATED VIA A
PERMESSO DI TURISTI
OF APPROX $7.50 PER
GIORNO.

I LIKE ITALY AS MUCH
AS THE NEXT PERSON;
HOWEVER WHY TAX THE
VISITOR FOR SMOG OF
THEIR OWN MAKING.

PERHAPS THE ANSWER LIES
IN THE FACT THAT THE
PRODI GOVERMENT HAS
RAISED TAXES SIXTY-
SEVEN ( 67 ) TIMES IN
IT'S FIRST SIX MONTHS
( 6 ) IN OFFICE.

ITALIANS ARE CALLING FOR
HIS HEAD AND INSULTING
SIGNOR PRODI ON THE
STREETS INDIVIDUALLY
AND THROUGH MASS
DEMONSTRATIONS IN ROME
AND ELSEWHERE.

" VOGLIAMO MANDARE A
CASE IL GOVERNO ".

[ WE WANT TO SEND YOU
HOME MR. PRODI AND
PLEASE DO NOT COME
BACK. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. ]

SINCE TOURISTS CAN'T
VOTE IN ITALY, THEY
CAN BE TAXED.

STAY TUNED.

CIAO