THE DISNEYLAND OF FISCAL PROPAGANDA Because he is no longer capable of making presidents, Adrian Sârbu has to pay his taxes

Adrian Sârbu's line is great: "Victor Ponta is not the first nor the last Romanian politician that mistakes the media for the Disneyland of propaganda once they have gained power ".

Good one!

Ha, ha!

But, Adrian Sârbu, himself, is not the first nor the last media boss who mistakes his industry for the "Disneyland of propaganda", starting with the huge propagandistic achievement celebrated on PRO TV, in November 1996, as Emil Constantinescu was elected president and continuing with the smearing of Corneliu Vadim Tudor, between the first and the second round of the presidential elections, won by Ion Iliescu, in December 2000, which he did in order to demonstrate his usefulness to the political power in office at the time.

The mistake made by Adrian Sârbu is common to all media bosses and politicians.

Even though Victor Ponta is well known as a liar, I wouldn't say he was lying this time, when he says that Adrian Sârbu promised him he would make him president, because even if this talk did not take place, it is extremely likely.

Besides, Adrian Sârbu would not be the first media person who thinks he has the ability to make or break presidents or prime ministers - Cristian Tudor Popescu claims the same.

I suspect that they should reach an agreement, before the elections, or else we will end up with two presidents.

I wonder what the one who makes presidents gets in return?

Perhaps Victor Ponta would like it if he became president.

So then why would he turn down Adrian Sârbu, and tell him to pay his taxes instead?!

Because he is a social-democrat who has principles?

Let's be serious!

It's precisely the social-democrats of 2002 who gave PRO TV, which was managed by Adrian Sârbu at the time, a government aid of 276 billion lei, "for the development of culture" (and by that meaning, of course, gipsy music, South-American soap operas and junk shows).

So?!

I think that, if the talk reported by the prime-minister did take place, then Victor Ponta would not did not turn down Adrian Sârbu, if Adrian Sârbu were actually still capable of making presidents.

But, since Adrian Sârbu has been removed from PRO TV, Victor Ponta no longer gives a damn about his media influence.

And thus, he turns into a social-democrat with principles, asking him to pay his taxes.

Duh!

I've found out what the people who make presidents get: tax forgiveness.

Exemptions, tax records disappearing, wiping of debts, endless reschedulings.

God, how could I not realize that!

So, if that conversation did take place, then it must have went like this:

- I will make you president, and you cancel my debts.

- Keep dreaming, you can't appoint presidents anymore, so pay your taxes!

But the indubitable issue, in all this topic, is that of the huge debts that the media companies of Adrian Sârbu have racked up.

That the mass-media owned by the "moguls" is a Disneyland of propaganda is nothing new; on the other hand, it is new that a minister of Finance - namely, Ioana Petrescu - would participate in the conference held by the media of Adrian Sârbu, on the topic of tax evasion and the reinforcement of fiscal discipline.

Naturally, the prime minister would know from his minister of finance about the unpaid taxes of the companies owned by Adrian Sârbu.

What kind of a conference was this recent one organized by the media companies of Adrian Sârbu, where finance minister Ioana Petrescu argued in favor of fiscal discipline?!

Never mention rope in the house of a man who hanged himself.

Or, paraphrasing Adrian Sârbu, a Disneyland of fiscal propaganda.

Adrian Sârbu has not yet realized that the "PRO generation" has faded away.