1st the vice tax… they say alcohol and cigarettes are bad and their consumption must be discouraged by imposing a higher price.
Well, yeah, they are bad in excess, but who do they think they fool with this tax? How many smokers have quite because of it? I don’t think there were too many who did… My mom is still smoking like always. Did this tax reduce the number of consumers? I really doubt that. Did the government get lots of money from this? F yeah… And what is the Romanian government doing with the money? Hell knows…
And now… a cutter tax: the fast food tax. That means they’re putting taxes on fast foods, sweets, sodas etc etc. WTF ?! What’s next? A tax for unprotected sex, or on sunflower seeds cause you go to the bathroom too much ?
I just love Romania, politics and money…