The “anti-level” car tax proposed in Bucharest, abolished by a well-known economist: “It is not far from manic starts against immigrants”
The Bucharest City Hall could enter an exclusive fee for drivers who do not have cars registered in the Capital or Ilfov. Professor Bogdan Glăvan criticizes this measure and compares it with the starts of some against immigrants.
Cars in traffic in Bucharest. Photo: Shutterstock
A new project on the introduction of taxes for those who do not have the cars registered in Bucharest will be debated in the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest. The project would aim to reduce traffic and increase income to the local budget, but it has attracted the criticisms of economists.
Among those who vehemently criticize the measure are the university professor Bogdan Glăvan, director of the Center for Political Economy and Business “Murray Rothbard”. In a Facebook post, Glăvan believes that the measure is a socialist one and compares it with the virulent beginnings of some against the immigrants who came to work in the country.
“It is similar to the Ceausist politics”
“The City Hall of Bucharest wants to put a tax on the cars registered outside Bucharest. Some socialists. When you think, this idea is not far from manic starts against the immigrants who” steal “our jobs (as if there are many Romanians eager to ride the bicycle, They wanted “Bucharest Bulletin” “writes Professor Glăvan.
In his opinion, this decision is not only discriminatory, but also primitive.
“In vain do I believe some are civilized, that their ideas can be primitivism. How to put taxes on one of Săbăreni, who has the car registered in Giurgiu, because they work in Bucharest? Why discriminate people? And, in general, why not all the decision -makers go to the hell, Time only for taxes, taxes and taxes?“He writes.
There are real solutions
Professor Bogdan Glăvan draws the attention of Bucharest decision makers that there are scientific solutions to solve traffic problems, without getting to discriminate on people.
Professor Bogdan Glăvan. Photo: Truth
“There are scientific solutions to reduce the traffic agglomeration. The most logical, common sense, is that the one that circulates to pay as much as possible, respectively as proportional to the length of the roads used. Of course, this is a utopian desire, for the moment, but humanity has not been invented, but not some, Pay fixed those who really occupy the roads ”, adds the teacher.
At the same time, he claims that drivers should be charged in proportion to how much they use their car and how much they contribute to traffic agglomeration.
“It is not normal for someone who comes out by car once a week to pay / or not pay the same as one who rubs the car every day. It is not normal for someone who uses the car to go to work and so, to pay / not to pay the same as one who does 50-100 km daily in the city. Treatment as a peak time.”, Points Glăvan.
Socialist measures against the poor
In his opinion, the Bucharest City Hall should take measures in favor of the citizen and not against him and criticizes the socialist style of imposing taxes over taxes that are increasingly affecting people and so suffocated by them.
“So it does not matter if you are in Bucharest or Tărtășești, if you have eaten or not saved with soy, but if you are responsible for road wear and pollution and delays related to traffic. You pay as much as you consume. How to get them stronger in inventing the stupidest reasons.concludes Professor Bogdan Glăvan.
A controversial project
The project referred to as the well -known economist belongs to the general counselor Cristian Popescu (PSD). He explained that, from his point of view, the measure would target several categories of drivers: those who only transit the capital, those who come occasionally for various activities, but also the residents of Bucharest who keep their cars registered in other counties to pay smaller insurance. Last but not least, he said that the measure would encourage the use of park & ride parking and public transport, contributing to the fluidization of traffic and reducing the agglomeration.
