Publication: Jurnalul.ro
In physics, it is said that energy is not lost but transformed. In the Romanian economy in recent years, the law of conservation (of energy) seems to operate with a much more cynical logic: private prosperity does not disappear, but is transferred, through countless fiscal capillaries, to an increasingly large and less efficient statist apparatus.
We are witnessing a show of overflowing appetite, where StatisticsThe Romanian, from an arbiter of balance, has become a ravenous diner constantly increasing their slice of cake, ignoring the fact that the ingredients and the effort of baking fall exclusively on the private sector.
„Cake topping” is a figure of speech that defines an economic and fiscal-budgetary reality. Every time the budget deficit gets out of control or when electoral promises exceed the sustainability threshold, the politician's first reaction is not to streamline spending, but to „adjust” revenues. And in the administrative dictionary, „adjustment” invariably means increasing the pressure on those who produce. This is what happened in 2025, and it is what is happening now.
