More than 90 families from the locality of Bărbuleşti are on welfare, although they reside in palaces with watch-towers and move around in luxury cars. None of them can produce proof of income, yet local authorities pay them monthly allowances of more than one million lei in total. The Powers
That Be admit that many funds destined for the poor are thus wasted, but claim that the Law encourages such deviant practices. The people living in Bărbuleşti are registered as having no sources of income and, for this purpose, they are considered to be poor and entitled to receiving government welfare.