ABSTRACT
The financial measures that the new Minister Salandra has presented to the Camera dei deputati (‘Parliament’), which allegedly come from the policies of Minister Giolitti… (Don’t be afraid. This is not about politics, never mind financial politics. Keep reading in peace.) …also contain a plan which, by taxing movie theatres, guarantees to the State an additional income of I don’t know how many millions. These are millions that must counterbalance war spending. And you can see, in this case, the living sign of modernity: the costs of the old war are being covered by the modern things that we have: movie theatres, cars, motorcycles. It is true that there is also something that it no longer essentially modern. But if it is not modern, it is external—the bill.
