The revolt of a well-known journalist: “My revenues decreased by 30%. The budget would have gone on!”

“We will have social solidarity when everyone understands that income can decrease,” says journalist Lucian Mîndruță. He shows that if the deprived suffer in silence the decrease of the income, the budget through their trade union representatives threatens with strikes when they hear about austerity measures.

The journalist Lucian Mândruță shows the cheek of the budget. Photo: personal archive

“In the last two years I have been left with less and less money in my pocket. I am a professional free. I do media trainings, some advertising and campaigns, a bit of radio … I invoice. I also pay a salary, which is of course CAS and CASS. Then the state takes my VAT. Then profit tax. Then on dividends. Then the unique statement … “the journalist Lucian Mîndruță begins the posting on Facebook.

In the last three years my taxes have increased by about 20 percent altogether, he says. The income? In the best case they remained stable. “In fact, because the economy has slowed down and the first expenses cut by companies are the” nice to have “, they decreased”, he confesses.

He calculates that, given inflation, in real terms, he earned about 30% less last year than in 2023.

What would the budget had done if they had dropped their income by 30%?

“I would like to tell me any employee in the budget that takes their salary from my taxes and other Romanians who did if he was going? Did he write petitions? Was he going out in the street? Enter the general strike? Probably all in one place. Probably not even 10% would accept to win less! ” – continues proud.

He plays the basic principle of budgets regarding income: “The rights once won are holy. And pensions, and salaries, nothing can be reduced, even if the economy decreases! ”

“And this is only depressing. Lack of understanding. Of empathy. Who receives, in reply, the lack of empathy of those who pay taxes. This is why I say that we will have social solidarity when everyone understands that income can decrease, if it is no longer! ”, he concludes.

“The budget that works 4 hours a day on 8000–10000 lei would not give up anything”

The post had over 700 comments, and in most, the journalist is right.

“I resigned from the police without retiring. I was working and I work a lot, I write in my free time, I have a PFA. I do not regret leaving the police, but I cannot accept that we continue the inertia where some pay, and some never lose.”

“The same thing we can tell all the taxpayers and I was even an idea, which I post tomorrow: there is a minimum level of profit in a company that the state does not charge with such a high percentage, so that I have an additional minimum profit.”

“The Romanian who works for 3000 lei would be willing to give up something out of his little, but the budget that works 4 hours a day on 8000–10000 lei would not give up anything, no matter how little. “

“I do not think that all the budgets had to be discussed, there are quite a few who work for each money received. I work in private and pass through the same bad period as you. If the state stops 41.5% of the salary, this means that out of 10 days worked, over 4 of them are “clacked”. In fact, the waste of the government is the one that “stole” us from income and not someone else. Now, the same people take us all guilty and try to increase the taxes for those who have paid them until now ”.

“There is no pink in the state”

Some commentators claim that the state is not very good:

“Mr. Mîndruță, do not put all the budgets in the same pot. We do not all receive special pensions or salaries of thousands and tens of thousands of euros. I work in education. From 2018 all the bonuses and allowances are frozen. The moment of the 15%. The strike, but I was left with a law that is not applied after the protests.

The replicas came quickly:

“Some employees from the state not only take the same money, but the state companies also organize the parang with all the employees. BTW, when did you last go out with employees at a Parangelie having a budget as much as the minimum gross salary per employee? The state can. ”

“You say it as if employees in the state do not pay the same taxes. Maybe it would be an idea not to demonize all the employees in the state. In addition, you can be sure that there are many employees in the state who win less than you.”

“I agree with you, Lucian Mîndruță. Why not cut the special pensions of parliamentarians? There are most money there. You could talk to the President. It does not seem normal for me to take 45% of my salary for some people who do nothing, leaving the insurance house – although there is mafia. “

“I am in the same situation. Education, infrastructure, pension according to how much you contribute and, beyond: respect … here they are actually arrogant.

“I promise that next time I vote on anyone who gets rid of PSD and PNL”

“If these are the measures-to roam the one who works longer-I promise that next time I vote for anyone who gets rid of PSD and PNL (at PNL I have a small reserve), if I would vote with gold. How stupid I could be to believe that after the lesson with Georgescu and after Antonescu did not enter the second round, you can change. You need a bigger shock. Now, after I see the reality, I realize how much I was wrong. ”

“Mr. Lucian Mîndruță, I know it is frustrating and it hurts us all, whether we are PF or PJ, and maybe we would be” conciliators “at one point, but the problem comes from understanding the basic idea: to be solidarity with whom? Programming at MRI, the first is over 3 months … There are only a few examples. concluded another commentator.