Iasi county has the second largest 2010 budget after Bucharest, but this is not as good as it seems

The Romanian Parliament is discussing the national budget for 2010.

Iasi county is supposed to get 653 millions RON from the national budget. This is the second largest amount after Bucharest.

Things are good only at the surface. Because if we look deeper we will see that this is not as good as it seems.

A neighouring county, Suceava, will get 600 million RON, even if the population of Suceava is smaller. The per capita amount shows clearly that the budget for Iasi is not as big as it seems. For Iasi the per capita amount is 790 RON. In Suceava this amount is 845 RON.