Funds to increase the minimum wage and pensions from next year will there is, confirmed Social Affairs Minister Ivaylo Ivanov. At the same time, pension insurance needs to be more than twice as high to cover the costs of pensions, according to a report by the National Institute of Social Sciences, bTV reports.
Dr. Rafaila Karamfilova is a neurologist with 48 years of experience. Her pension is above the minimum for the country.
„I'm still working too. Because there is not enough money - this is the most reasonable answer, she says.
The pension system is stable - the social minister is categorical.
„One of the measures is to raise incomes – will increase the contributions that go into the National Social Security Institute”, he pointed out.
"For" higher insurances were announced by the "Support" union.
„And the first step should be the implementation of the law, which will bring the maximum insurance contribution as a function of the average insurance income and make it 11 thousand BGN, as the formula dictates”, commented Dimitar Manolov.
However, employers are against it. The reason - currently the deficit in the NSI is being filled with funds from the central budget.
„If we increase insurance, the transfer from the budget will decrease. OK - we ask, what will happen to the money that will be saved. No one will reduce indirect or direct taxes, the state will simply have more money at its disposal, says Associate Professor Teodor Dechev, Director of Industrial Policies. in AIKB.
„The only way to control the deficit in question is either to create more jobs, or pensions can be frozen and not increased by these 9-10-11 percent,” says the economist Mihail Krastev.
Calculations show that currently 100 workers support 68 pensioners.