It is moral to state aloud what you are, it is moral to be consistent in affirming your own beliefs, it is moral to think in the long run, it is moral to affirm your own identity. It is moral to have the courage to say you are different from the others, even if the others represent, for the time being, the majority.The government is taking into consideration increasing VAT to 25% and the flat rate to 20%. This, however, would be a step too far. Excessive taxation, the increase of the bureaucratic apparatus, the ridiculous proposals for new taxes (besides the existing 484 parafiscal taxes in existence) are clear indications of a government which has lost ...
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Investing in education is investing in the future. Our future prosperity depends to a good extent on the education of our children. The reform of the education system will produce not only people better equipped for the competition on the job market, but also a new political class. The current problems of the education system ...
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1. A minimal state, only fairer and stronger. A state that would work for Romanians We need to enact a fundamental change of the state, one which would make the government more responsive to the needs of the citizens, particularly in these times of crisis. We need to see a radical change in the way ...
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ccording to economic theory and to the comparative analysis of economic systems, there are only two systems of organizing economic activity: free market economy or Capitalism and state-directed economy or Socialism. Naturally, the two are ideal types, and are only rarely found as such in practice. With the exception of the last remaining Communist states, ...
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1. Errors made by governments in managing the crisis In order to devise a set of effective policies, the vulnerabilities of the Romanian economy must be identified. Unfortunately, the necessity to address these vulnerabilities seriously limits our freedom of action. For a long time, an unsustainable economic growth, based on over-sized consumption, which in turn ...
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