Only 2.2 million workers in the private sector provide the income of the entire Bulgarian state, said Dobromir Ivanov, executive director of the Bulgarian Entrepreneurial Association. In the program "The Day Live" on NOVA, he sharply criticized the country's fiscal policy, calling it "taking from the workers to give to others – the administration".
According to Ivanov, constant going to elections has led to "irradiation of the voter with money supply". He emphasized that he does not remember the last time the state budget was filled, instead of being spent in deficit.
The entrepreneur called the taking out of loans "reckless" and admitted that politicians buy future votes by distributing money in the state sector. "Not every politician should justify themselves with the previous ones", Ivanov was categorical, calling on everyone to bear responsibility instead of engaging in "fighting".
The executive director of the Bulgarian Entrepreneurial Association has sounded the alarm about the existence of a huge gray sector related to services. "We have 1 million craftsmen on a minimum wage who do not pay real insurance contributions, but take money in hand", Ivanov said. He added that people who work "in the open" are "tanned by the state".
Ivanov called for the retraining of part of the state administration and its integration into the private sector, thus achieving a more effective distribution of the workforce and resources in the country.