Dude, what do you know! I mean, hold on, let me get this straight. Victor Ponta, yeah, the former prime minister, came up with a proposal to USR that makes you cross yourself. He says: 'Let's make peace? I won't insult Radu Miruță, your interim Defense Minister, if you redirect the billions of euros to Romanian companies.' Now, let's see what he really wants.
Ponta wrote on Facebook, with all seriousness or maybe not, that he's making a public commitment. He says: 'USR, you who use budget money to pay for the online battle with me, let's make a swap.' And he came up with four points. First: stop criticizing Miruță, but in return get the 6 billion euros given to the German company Rheinmetall, money he would give to Romanian defense companies. Second: he demands the billion euros allocated to Airbus Helicopters from France, for the Romanian-French manufacturer in Ghimbav, Brașov. And so on.
Third: he wants 800 million euros from the contract with the Ukrainian company Automagistral for the Suceava - Siret express road, to give to UMB or another Romanian company. And last: 196 million euros given to DIGI, which is registered in the Netherlands, and Ponta says if he gets this money, 'he will shoot himself in the tongue.' He's joking, obviously.
Now, after he posted, he also clarified that it's 'an irony' and 'a pamphlet' targeting USR. He says he writes for smart people, not for USR-ists, seals, hypocrites, and others. Man, go figure! I mean, it's like a 'let's see if it sticks,' but he's playing around.
What do I say, bro? I looked at that list of money: 6 billion, 1 billion, 800 million, 196 million - total, if you add them up, it's a ton of cash going to foreigners, while our companies just sit and watch. Ponta, I guess, has a point: why shouldn't the money go to Romanians? But he's also making fun of USR, saying they're useless. It's true, USR acts all 'transparent,' but look how they fight over money.
To me, it reminds me of a joke: 'Sir, I'll scam you, but with a smile on my face.' Ponta knows how to put on a show, but behind it, it's the same thing: foreign companies' money vs. ours. What more can I say? I'm going to tell Fane at the terrace: 'Man, until these guys figure it out, Romanian companies will still be left with their hands out.' Come on, man, as long as I can remember, I've been waiting for the Romanian to win something, but it seems like we're always left with a swollen lip.