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After 1989, I couldn’t say how much my life has changed financially and socially. There is also the age factor. I was already too old when the revolution took place [13] and in addition there was the mad episode of retirement. Young people would write ‘eligible for retirement’ on my door, but I stubbornly continued to work and kept working until I was 60 and it hasn’t made much difference.
Financially, I was better off and had more security during communism. I couldn’t say that I am poorer at present, for in fact I am not, but before the revolution you could plan anything 3-4 years in advance and now it is impossible to do so for the upcoming month.
Financially, I was better off and had more security during communism. I couldn’t say that I am poorer at present, for in fact I am not, but before the revolution you could plan anything 3-4 years in advance and now it is impossible to do so for the upcoming month.
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Braila
Romania
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Eveline Ciocoiu