Claudiu Năsui, former Minister of Economy: "Raising taxes is easy for politicians, but bad for Romania"

<p>Claudiu Năsui, a former USR economics minister, says there is a possibility to reduce state spending without raising taxes, citing party funding programs, subsidies and special pensions. He listed significant amounts that could be saved, totaling about 50 billion lei. Năsui criticized the choice of politicians to raise taxes as a simple solution, but a harmful one for Romania. He also stresses that the new government faces the challenge of deficit reduction.