ITALY AND THE PERMESSO TURISTI

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  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
  

  12 Dec 2006, 04:55 Anonymous