Yes, however one still needs to decide to which extent. Italy helps the poorest areas much more than Germany or the US do. Would a federal model like Germany work better?
That's why I said that redistribution is OK in principle, but many feel that in Italy there's just too much of it.
> On the historical side it has been confirmed that 2/3 of the gold resources in Italy came from Regno delle due Sicilie
Many wrongs were commited in that age, many of which targeted the North, as well.
However, if you sum all the subsidies the South has been granted through the years (one among many: Cassa per il Mezzogiorno) that would easily offset those gold resources.
Edit: actually is more, Cassa per il Mezzogiorno was given about 140 billions, while 2/3 of Italy's gold resources are worth about 100 billions. One should also keep in mind that Cassa per il Mezzogiorno was active only between 1950 and 1984, and many other subsidies for the South were present before, during and after.