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Disputes about the main thing
In the economy
Disputes about the main thing
September 30, 2016 Igor Yakovenko
How far from the people are Russian politicians! Especially, of course, democrats. The whole Duma campaign was talked about some trifles: about the war against Ukraine, about Syria, about Crimea, about education, economics, pensions, healthcare, about some freedom-in a word, that people are not at all interested in. And about the main thing. In the place where the soul of the people hid, so no one looked. Nobody pressed on the treasured button. And “United Russia” passed past the main question, won, stupidly throwing her voice.
And only when the elections passed, serious people in the government spoke of the main one. That is, about vodka. About what was the basis of the country for the past 600 years. Tsarev Kabak, the church and the nearby - these are the three points of the support of Russian power.
“Drunk money” always made up an important, sometimes decisive, share of the country's budget. Therefore, the discussions about how to manage them, and most importantly, how to collect them, were always sharp and were carried out quite freely. Perhaps these were the most free discussions in Russia, and most importantly, they led to changes.
For centuries, nothing has changed in Rus', and the drinking system was modernized, redrawn and reformed constantly. There has never been any stagnation in this area. And this is right: it's about the main question, not about trifles. In 1463, a state -owned management system of drinking fees was introduced. In 1553, the state monopoly was weakened and the mixed form of management of "drunken money" was introduced.
In 1716, Peter I declared freedom of distillation in Russia and overlaid Vinokurov a duty. In 1765, Catherine II created the Institute of Supervisors, who, by the middle of the 19th century, became the main oligarchs of the Russian Empire. The 70 million people accounted for only 216 exciters, who gave an average of 30% of the treasury income. They did not offend themselves: the income of the farmers amounted to about 600 million rubles, and the amount of the amount of 130 million. If we index, then Colonel Zakharchenko will green with envy.
Alexander Liberator in 1863 destroyed the exciters and introduced excise taxes on vodka. They say that until the very last moment they did not believe that this was possible ... The Bolsheviks initially decided to ban vodka at first, but quickly realized that without vodka the people of communism refused to perceive the idea of communism, vodka from the enemy quickly turned into an ally, and during the NEP, “drunken money” made up 14% of all budget revenues.
The Stalinist economy was largely held on “drunken money”, whose share hesitated in the interval of 20 to 30%. In 1978, “drunken money” amounted to 38% of all tax revenues (about 9% of the USSR GDP). In 1985, Gorbachev began the fight against vodka. In 1991, the Soviet Union did not become, and Gorbachev turned into a pensioner. I am aware that “after” does not mean “for a reason”, but it somehow coincided ...
Putin's regime was held on oil and TV. Since oil prices have fallen, the emphasis was on the TV. They increased the volume, it became much larger than Solovyov. But there are also limits here, the Solovyov is not iron. In a word, they remembered vodka.
On October 4, a meeting of the government commission is scheduled, on which they will solve the fate of the main issue. The idea of "folk vodka" is discussed. The Ministry of Economic Development in the person of the deputy head of Fomichev believes that vodka can become such a drink if it costs 136 rubles. Now the minimum vodka price is 190 rubles. In order to make vodka a “popular” in the understanding of the Ministry of Economic Development, excise tax per liter of pure alcohol must be reduced from 500 to 360 rubles. According to the department, then they will drink more, and most importantly, the collectiveness of excise taxes will increase.
The Ministry of Finance, of course, against. The Minister of Finance Siluanov demands to increase the minimum price for a half -liter to 197 rubles. Anton Germanovich is a man of rare courage if such things are publicly saying. Apparently, he considers himself immortal, but clearly underestimates the level of popular outrage.
They feel the soul of the people best in the Federal Antimonopoly Service, which made a proposal to introduce folk vodka at a price of 100 rubles into circulation. At this price, the Putin regime will last longer than at a price of 190 rubles, not to mention the anti -people's proposal Siluanov. Putin will gain three supports in the person of the TV, the National Guard and vodka. This stable design will be difficult to break, even from the outside, even from the inside. At the same time, the population will also decrease, which is also not bad, since a rare man will live to a retirement at such a price for vodka. That is, a pension problem will be resolved.
It is important to note that the head of the FAS, Artemyev, a member of the Political Committee of the Yabloko party. In this regard, I can’t help but express the surprise that the apple has missed the right victory in the elections. It was necessary to put Igor Yuryevich with the first number of the list and release it on all the debate with one idea - “give folk vodka to 100 rubles per half -liter!”. Guaranteed 40% of the vote would receive. Well, half would be stolen, and with 20 percent could fight for the European path of development. With such and such popular support. Eh, Grigory Alekseevich, Grigory Alekseevich ...
