Bro, sit down 'cause I got news that'll make you slap your forehead harder than when Mioara tells me cooking oil went up again! Ilie Bolojan, the former interim PM, sounded the alarm: fixing the budget hole comes with costs, not handouts. And here's what he says: Romania collects only 30% of its Gross Domestic Product for the budget, while in Europe it's 40%. What do you do with that difference, bro? We're struggling to pay bills, and the state has its hands tied: only a third of the country's wealth reaches the citizens.
And that's not all! Bolojan also revealed how we stand on spending: 39-40% of the budget goes to state salaries. In Europe, it's max 25%. Seriously, I have a 2008 BMW that I barely maintain, and they seem to have a fleet of new cars paid for by us. He says the former government's program wants to lower energy prices and boost productivity, not cut the minimum wage. But I'm afraid we'll wake up with other taxes.
And he says something else: after 2019-2020, the minimum wage hike and energy price spikes shut down businesses and left people jobless, especially in areas like Neamț or Vâlcea. There, in Bicaz or Râmnic, people lost hope. Bolojan says the next government must fix this, otherwise "it did nothing." We'll see, bro, 'cause we're fed up with promises.
Now, who pays? Us, the poor average Romanian, who go to bed thinking about pensions and stare at our loans. Alright, I'm off to tell Mioara we're tightening our belts again, 'cause I don't know where we'll get the money for bills this month!
