IMPACT OF SOCIAL SECURITY EXPENSES ON THE ECONOMIC-SOCIAL LIFE

Expenditures for social security are part of the category of those for socio-cultural actions. Social needs are an important component of the social policy of states and involve the use of public financial resources to improve the living conditions of the population, the situation of each individual. Making expenditures for socio-cultural actions is based on the concept of "welfare state", whose principles are: guaranteeing a minimum income, independent of the form of ownership; increasing social security, especially for disadvantaged categories (sick, elderly, disabled, orphans, unemployed, etc.); ensuring a standard of living that evolves positively, based on social services predetermined by the political-state regime, traditions, the level of culture and civilization already achieved. Social protection falls mainly on the national state. However, expenditure and its optimization are carefully assessed by the EU's tax surveillance mechanisms, and one of the results is to increase opportunities for action at European level: 1) Europe 2020, the European Union's ten-year strategy for growth and jobs, agreed by all Member States in 2010, is based on the idea that benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transition periods. poverty reduction, one of the major objectives being poverty reduction. 2) The Social Investment Package involves the development of schemes corresponding to minimum revenues supplemented with high quality services. 3) The debate on the implementation of an EU-wide 'automatic stabilization scheme' for unemployment benefits to complement economic union is ongoing. This paper aims to show that, after the fall of the former regime, the reform of social security schemes is focused on restructuring the pension system without addressing the set of risks related to social security, understood as an institution of democracy. As a result, in this paper we have highlighted the public expenditures for social security (which include the following types: allowances, pensions, allowances, benefits under certain conditions that the recipients must meet) and we presented their characteristics and their evolution starting with 2018. These expenses aim to eliminate or mitigate the effects of the social risks that hover over the life of each member of society.