After the “office” on banking operations, the Romanians recommend to Bolojan, ironic, the tax on breathing. “This is how I covered the deficit from the beginning”

The Bolojan government wants to tax the banks, but the economists have already warned that the measure would return against the state and the population. In the same sense, there is insistently talking about the tax on bank transactions. The subject has aroused a hot debate on the Reddit platform, and the Romanians are vehemently panicked and criticized. Someone now suggests to the prime minister, ironically, to establish the tax on breathing for each Romanian.

Ilie Bolojan. Photo: Inquam Photos-Octav Ganea

At the last public appearance, on the occasion of a press conference, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced few concrete decisions of economic recovery, but gave assurances that the Government analyzes a series of measures that could be taken in the next period. Among the few measures announced was the special tax for the profit of the banks, a measure that has already been criticized by numerous economists.

“We consider the additional taxation of the capital, I mean banks, gambling winnings”, Bolojan said with a subject and preached, cutting any hope that the discussions on this topic were rumors.

Everyone criticizes the new bureaus

And Romania is, as it is known, the country in which banks have an extremely powerful lobby. Already banks' representatives have announced that any additional taxation measure will have a negative impact on customers. Simply translated, banks have transmitted that the entire burden will be redistributed to customers. In fact, even before Bolojan's statements appeared in the press, on sources, that among the measures that could be imposed would be the “bank transaction tax”. This was to follow the taxation of all banking transactions, which would fully affect the population. Many experts, including Cristian Păun, a professor at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, warned that these bank taxes would increase even more tax evasion, and card payments would become history.

But not only experts abolish these tax ideas. On the Reddit platform, the Internet users debate this topic and criticize these decisions. Some of them refuse to believe, others blame certain parties in the coalition, but in principle they all agree that these measures would hit the economy.

“It is clear that who comes with these ideas wants to encourage evasion, not to fight it.”someone wrote. “I'm incredibly stupid”, Someone completed it. “This is the truth. Thieves are in the west, we are only incredibly stupid and rotten”, Wrote another.

Who is guilty?

The political sympathies of Reddit members came out quickly. Without any evidence, some blamed one party or another.

“It is clear that the PSD floods the average with all kinds of aberrations and we have to wait until we see something promulgated. Meanwhile, we stress.”said an internet. In reply, another intervened to defend the PSD and pointed to the USR.

“And if the “part” that came with the idea is from USR? That they also chorus and hydro privatization, instead of advocating for professionalization. That this is “good”, the country to remain without control on strategic resources, that it is known that the private has only social interests, not just profit.“Wrote the last one.”You ask this question as if it is not the USR full of cretini ”someone else reacted.

“So the Romanian state collects only 65% ​​of VAT and want to reach 10% collection or I do not understand what this tax is pursuing? ”, Another intervened.

“We really have in the political parties the most stupid children in the school yard? This is one of the real ideas! In the big cities most people only pay with the card. This means hundreds of transactions per month. So that would mean an additional fee of several hundred lei, even at 1,000 lei per month. the absurd situation of the situation noted.

“An excellent plan, let's encourage exclusively cash payments, so as not to declare hairdressers, waiters, taxi drivers, etc.someone wrote.

“Remove the money from the bank -> you pay cash -> tax evasion to the Moon. They really want to increase the evasion, they don't decrease it“, Commented another.

“Breathing tax” would fill the holes of the budget

At the same time, there were internets with the sense of humor. It was the case of one who recommended the prime minister to count the breathing of the Romanians, and each mouth of the blood is charged.

“I talked to Mr. Bolojan on the phone to give him some ideas, and I showed him that TEMU sells some breathing meters with $ 1. At 18 million Romanians, so with $ 18m, I proposed a progressive taxation per cycle-expiration thus (considering that a man breathes 22k or a day) 10-20K 0.2 penny on breathing = 20 lei, 20k+ 1 ban and 10 lei per 1k. Subsidies of breaths but those would have to enter from 2026. It will come out in the press tomorrow I think ”, he was amused.

“I will ask to receive the cash money in my hand. Whoever reads and wants to see how the public reacts, here is an answer: Cash. The only thing that remains to pay with the card are the invoices, money that I deposit and so on. I close all the accounts and only remain with the rate”, There was another idea.

Heavenly hand for evaders

“The bank transactions fee, alternatively, can also be called facility for evasion. We have the brightest minds in the Government”, someone noted.

“How to increase tax evasion and collect less money. Well, if every transaction with the card I should pay 3 lei, why not remove the money and pay cash and tell the traders that I do not want a bon?”, Wrote another.

“I really find it incredible and if you just talk about it. Do you mostly oblige a service and after you tax it. After the air tax?”someone else has revolted.

Another went on and urged the protests if this measure is adopted by the Government.

“If we are stupid, we stay and see ourselves on the Internet, but we do not go out for protests when things like this happen. What to say, we deserve our fate.”someone else found.

“So the evasionists are political clients that they do not want to intervene there.”
someone made.

“It is not enough as long as the bank takes, they also take it. This besides taxes. Activ a game, half a year you work for the state, the same state that beats you all year.”noted another.

“Low the special pensions!”, It was another message. “I used only a card especially in stores to make sure it does not make the seller tax evasion. If I do not put myself and use only cash from now … “, threatened someone else. “I remove the money from the card and pay cash. This mafia and thief state has only to go bankrupt ”completed another.

“And do you think you would not pay a tax when removing the money from the card? ”the reply came immediately.