Mihai Moscovici

English: The economist Veaceslav Ionita remarks: “There is no European country where the budget is created by consumption at such an extent. In the majority of countries, the budget is created on the ground of taxes levied from economic activities, but in our country the economic activity of both population and economic agents is missing, therefore the only field the state is taxing is the consumption.”
The budget of Moldova is formed 85% by the taxes on consumption. [via]

Romanian: Economistul Veaceslav Ionita remarca: „Nu exista tara in Europa in care bugetul sa fie format in asa proportii din consum. In majoritatea tarilor, bugetul este format din impozitele platite din activitatile economice, la noi [in Moldova] insa nu exista nici activitate economica a populatiei, si nici a agentilor economici, astfel incat singurul domeniu impozitat de stat este consumul.”
Bugetul R. Moldova este format in proportie de 85% de consumul din partea populatiei. [via]

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