History repeats itself. Decades go by, governments change, we have moved from disaffection to the Independence bid, and from the Independence bid to repression and supposed dialogue. In practice, however, the result ends up being the same: whatever the promise of budgetary investment, in the end execution of planned investment always falls short in Catalonia. There is no way to get the State to comply. In 2021 it happened again, and by quite a large margin. A responsible state, truly concerned about giving fair treatment to a region that is especially relevant in economic terms and, moreover, with a political situation which could potentially lead to a rupture, should be the most interested in giving Catalonia a fair treatment. Yet this is not the case and, if we look at the data, it does not look as if it is about to change. According to a study by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce in 2020, since 2001 and up to that date the State failed to invest 25% of what it had budgeted for Catalonia. In total, €8bn.