delphiandomine
4 Aug 2015
delphiandomine
4 Aug 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
Yes, he was absolutely a safe pair of hands. The fact that he managed to get rid of the old Stalinist constitution was a hell of an achievement, and from what I gather, he worked well with the AWS government of 1997-2001.
Even when you look back at election coverage of the 1995 election, you can see how Kwasniewski was looking straight at the camera, how he was absolutely in control and calm. Walesa on the other hand was a mess - going off on random tangents, not looking straight at the camera and obviously really struggling to define what he stood for. I don't think Walesa helped himself by talking about how he would accept being a dictator and meddling almost constantly with the work of the parliament.
Duda will be a disaster if he follows the Lech Kaczyński model of Presidency. He needs to step back, rise above party politics and be willing to work with anyone. He should look at Komorowski's explanation of signing the in vitro law - that he is not there to decide issues of conscience, but rather there to decide constitutional issues.
The Markets considered Kwawa as a solid president, titular position though it was, post-communist Poland really did not need another term of a bumbling if well intentioned Walesa. Kwawa engendered a serious air to proceedings.
Yes, he was absolutely a safe pair of hands. The fact that he managed to get rid of the old Stalinist constitution was a hell of an achievement, and from what I gather, he worked well with the AWS government of 1997-2001.
Even when you look back at election coverage of the 1995 election, you can see how Kwasniewski was looking straight at the camera, how he was absolutely in control and calm. Walesa on the other hand was a mess - going off on random tangents, not looking straight at the camera and obviously really struggling to define what he stood for. I don't think Walesa helped himself by talking about how he would accept being a dictator and meddling almost constantly with the work of the parliament.
Duda will be a disaster if he follows the Lech Kaczyński model of Presidency. He needs to step back, rise above party politics and be willing to work with anyone. He should look at Komorowski's explanation of signing the in vitro law - that he is not there to decide issues of conscience, but rather there to decide constitutional issues.
delphiandomine
4 Aug 2015
History / When will you Poles give back German land and the cities which you robbed? [557]
Have you ever visited Lusatia? It's a beautiful place, and (usefully for me), many things are translated into Sorbian too. I can't read German for love nor money, but Sorbian is remarkably easy to read...
Anyway, I think the current state of affairs is quite satisfactory. Germany has no claim to Polish territory and Poland has no claim to German territory, so what's the problem?
Until now only several Upper and Lower Lusatian towns in East Germany have retained double German/Slavic names among them Bautzen/Budyšin, Cottbus/Chóśebuz or Weißwasser/Běła Woda.
Have you ever visited Lusatia? It's a beautiful place, and (usefully for me), many things are translated into Sorbian too. I can't read German for love nor money, but Sorbian is remarkably easy to read...
Anyway, I think the current state of affairs is quite satisfactory. Germany has no claim to Polish territory and Poland has no claim to German territory, so what's the problem?
delphiandomine
4 Aug 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
Who lies in Wawel is just an arbitrary decision made by a priest, nothing more.
As for Kwaśniewski, he was a very successful President. He worked with both wings of politics equally, didn't use the veto excessively and enjoyed decent approval ratings throughout his Presidency. Not bad going, and Duda would be wise to learn from him about how to behave as a President.
Who lies in Wawel is just an arbitrary decision made by a priest, nothing more.
As for Kwaśniewski, he was a very successful President. He worked with both wings of politics equally, didn't use the veto excessively and enjoyed decent approval ratings throughout his Presidency. Not bad going, and Duda would be wise to learn from him about how to behave as a President.
delphiandomine
4 Aug 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
Just wait until he plays straight into Russia's hands by starting a new feud with Germany.
Just wait until he plays straight into Russia's hands by starting a new feud with Germany.
delphiandomine
3 Aug 2015
Food / SURVEY OF THE POLISH CONSUMERS' CONSUMPTION HABITS OF CAFÉS [28]
Neither of those two places are specialist or high end. They're just shopping mall coffee for those that can't be bothered to actually find somewhere respectable.
As for where Poles visit, they visit everything.
Neither of those two places are specialist or high end. They're just shopping mall coffee for those that can't be bothered to actually find somewhere respectable.
As for where Poles visit, they visit everything.
delphiandomine
3 Aug 2015
Love / Do Polish men think that Polish girls are materialistic and demanding ? [37]
Thankfully, my one is very much in the minority.
Having said that, there's an element of culture too - apparently Polish men are *very* insecure if their wife earns more than them. Surreal, don't you think?
I daresay that based upon my experience, girls that are not this way are rather a minority in Poland.
Thankfully, my one is very much in the minority.
Having said that, there's an element of culture too - apparently Polish men are *very* insecure if their wife earns more than them. Surreal, don't you think?
delphiandomine
3 Aug 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
Does that include taking 10 years holiday from work (and refusing to give up his position so that someone else can actually get his job?), being involved with the murky world of the SKOK and so on?
Duda represents the real Poland of decent, hard-working, law-abiding and God-fearing families.
Does that include taking 10 years holiday from work (and refusing to give up his position so that someone else can actually get his job?), being involved with the murky world of the SKOK and so on?
delphiandomine
3 Aug 2015
Work / New business start-up in Poland - opinions and ideas [32]
Well, what is she qualified to do?
Maybe you can have some ideas on what my wife can do, what course she can attend? She is 30 and I'm 31
Well, what is she qualified to do?
delphiandomine
2 Aug 2015
History / The story about German- Polish reconciliation [194]
No, it wasn't. It imploded because they were so deep in economic trouble that there was no real option apart from economic unification. If East Germany had been what people believed it to be, then they would've had a firm basis to convert to capitalism and eventually unify with West Germany on equal terms as opposed to being merely annexed. But the economic situation was so bad that they were forced to hold elections in March 1990 as opposed to May, and even then, they were struggling to hold the country together until managing to organise elections in March.
Look, let's face facts, you people! Eastern Germany imploded, pure and simple. It was practically fated to self-destruct, sooner or later, it simply came a little sooner than previously expected.
No, it wasn't. It imploded because they were so deep in economic trouble that there was no real option apart from economic unification. If East Germany had been what people believed it to be, then they would've had a firm basis to convert to capitalism and eventually unify with West Germany on equal terms as opposed to being merely annexed. But the economic situation was so bad that they were forced to hold elections in March 1990 as opposed to May, and even then, they were struggling to hold the country together until managing to organise elections in March.
delphiandomine
2 Aug 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
Yes, it's very much my view that part of the problem of Polish communism was that it was just brutal unrefined Soviet-style communism instead of something more resembling Titoism. The problem with Yugoslavia was the role of the Party (mainly that managers were still chosen by the Party rather than by the workers) - but the theory of labour was essentially that workers are entirely responsible for the success or failure of the economy. It didn't work too well in practice, but the basic idea was very acceptable - workers had every right to share in profits and had the right to take part in decision making. The problem as I understand it is that the State would bail out failing businesses - so workers and managers alike had no reason to act responsibly.
I didn't know that Wyszynski held such views - do you know of anything that he wrote about the matter? I'm very much of the view that Catholicism and the Third Way in economics are very compatible - and there's nothing wrong with that.
Yes, it's a huge problem. There's a massive difference between Soviet style rule and genuine socialism - there's absolutely no need to rule with a stick if everyone has responsibility for their own actions. Of course, it also means that the workers need to accept responsibility too - which in the case of the coal mines, we can see that they don't want it. But in general, I thoroughly support the idea of the workers being responsible for their own place of work. If they do well, of course profit-sharing makes sense. But they also need to accept that if they do badly, then times will be bad too.
This thread is wandering...
Jesus prefered the poor to the elite business class or arrogant know-all eggheads (known back then as money changers and pharisees ). Card. Wyszyński, who had thoroughly studied Marxism, worker issues and the trade-union movement, favoured a Third Road between socialism and capitalism.
Yes, it's very much my view that part of the problem of Polish communism was that it was just brutal unrefined Soviet-style communism instead of something more resembling Titoism. The problem with Yugoslavia was the role of the Party (mainly that managers were still chosen by the Party rather than by the workers) - but the theory of labour was essentially that workers are entirely responsible for the success or failure of the economy. It didn't work too well in practice, but the basic idea was very acceptable - workers had every right to share in profits and had the right to take part in decision making. The problem as I understand it is that the State would bail out failing businesses - so workers and managers alike had no reason to act responsibly.
I didn't know that Wyszynski held such views - do you know of anything that he wrote about the matter? I'm very much of the view that Catholicism and the Third Way in economics are very compatible - and there's nothing wrong with that.
In Poland people avoid the socialist label because it was once associated with the PZPR and many think of it to this day in terms of totalitarianism.
Yes, it's a huge problem. There's a massive difference between Soviet style rule and genuine socialism - there's absolutely no need to rule with a stick if everyone has responsibility for their own actions. Of course, it also means that the workers need to accept responsibility too - which in the case of the coal mines, we can see that they don't want it. But in general, I thoroughly support the idea of the workers being responsible for their own place of work. If they do well, of course profit-sharing makes sense. But they also need to accept that if they do badly, then times will be bad too.
This thread is wandering...
delphiandomine
2 Aug 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
Which is a very left wing ideology, to be fair. Right wing wouldn't care about who owns what, they wouldn't care about who owns the banks and they certainly wouldn't care about the emergence of an elite business class.
But Polonius, there's also nothing wrong with PiS being very left wing economically. It's my view that the biggest failing of PiS was and is to keep denying what they are - Christian Socialists. Yet Christianity is very socialist at times, and there's nothing wrong with it at all. Socialism doesn't mean being liberal socially, after all. Communists were also quite conservative in certain areas - the obsession with pornography was far more than anything that ever came from the Church for instance.
Ideas are also important, and those do include the need to more equitably spread the wealth, make sure foreign banks and other corporations pay their fair share and prevent the emergence of oligarchy.
Which is a very left wing ideology, to be fair. Right wing wouldn't care about who owns what, they wouldn't care about who owns the banks and they certainly wouldn't care about the emergence of an elite business class.
But Polonius, there's also nothing wrong with PiS being very left wing economically. It's my view that the biggest failing of PiS was and is to keep denying what they are - Christian Socialists. Yet Christianity is very socialist at times, and there's nothing wrong with it at all. Socialism doesn't mean being liberal socially, after all. Communists were also quite conservative in certain areas - the obsession with pornography was far more than anything that ever came from the Church for instance.
delphiandomine
2 Aug 2015
Study / Formalities For Studying In Poland - Sponsoring [22]
The law is a mess concerning EU citizens - technically, you still are obliged to register (although now within 3 months as opposed to the previous 4 days) - but there is no punishment in law for not doing so.
The law is a mess concerning EU citizens - technically, you still are obliged to register (although now within 3 months as opposed to the previous 4 days) - but there is no punishment in law for not doing so.
delphiandomine
2 Aug 2015
Love / How official and important are engagements in Poland? [9]
Perhaps the financial commitment in this case is even higher, hence why he's reluctant to officially end it.
Bear in mind that it's normal for families to be very close, so if he breaks it up and they discover that he's got a new woman, they might demand more money in compensation as a result.
Perhaps the financial commitment in this case is even higher, hence why he's reluctant to officially end it.
Bear in mind that it's normal for families to be very close, so if he breaks it up and they discover that he's got a new woman, they might demand more money in compensation as a result.
delphiandomine
2 Aug 2015
Love / How official and important are engagements in Poland? [9]
Expect to pay a "cancellation fee" to her father. It's traditional to pay an amount of money equating to around 3 months of your annual income, as "compensation" for the time lost. You should discuss this directly with her father to avoid potential problems later, particularly as Poland is a very traditional patriarchal society. Do not discuss this with female members of the family, including the ex-fiancee.
Expect to pay a "cancellation fee" to her father. It's traditional to pay an amount of money equating to around 3 months of your annual income, as "compensation" for the time lost. You should discuss this directly with her father to avoid potential problems later, particularly as Poland is a very traditional patriarchal society. Do not discuss this with female members of the family, including the ex-fiancee.
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
News / Secularism = a dying society. How this phenomenon affects birth rate in Poland? [20]
No thank you. That just encourages breeding for the sake of getting cash, as has been seen by the rise of the "chav" phenomenon in the UK.
The best encouragement is to offer a tax credit (applied against one's tax bill rather than in cash). You've got one child? Okay, you have 10,000zl a year higher tax-free base. Two children? That's 25,000zl tax free a year that you can earn. Three children? 50,000zl. And so on.
This system rewards those that earn well and who breed, thus encouraging the elite of society to have more children. The work shy will find no motivation to breed under such a system, which is very positive.
Yes. We absolutely must keep out people from the 3rd world, such as Brazil. Their version of Catholicism is disgusting, what with the vast amounts of flesh on display in Rio every year for instance. Do we want our children to see such disgusting things? Of course not.
To be fair Polonius, Germany has a lower rate than Poland, so it must be more complicated than simply a matter of providing cash.
When it comes to fertility rate ,Poland should do what the Russians are doing.
No thank you. That just encourages breeding for the sake of getting cash, as has been seen by the rise of the "chav" phenomenon in the UK.
The best encouragement is to offer a tax credit (applied against one's tax bill rather than in cash). You've got one child? Okay, you have 10,000zl a year higher tax-free base. Two children? That's 25,000zl tax free a year that you can earn. Three children? 50,000zl. And so on.
This system rewards those that earn well and who breed, thus encouraging the elite of society to have more children. The work shy will find no motivation to breed under such a system, which is very positive.
Poland should, or actually MUST ensure and fortify it catholic culture and heritage right now.
Yes. We absolutely must keep out people from the 3rd world, such as Brazil. Their version of Catholicism is disgusting, what with the vast amounts of flesh on display in Rio every year for instance. Do we want our children to see such disgusting things? Of course not.
The fact is that more stay than leave - why isn't the government's so-called "pro-family" policy encouraging them to procreate?
To be fair Polonius, Germany has a lower rate than Poland, so it must be more complicated than simply a matter of providing cash.
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
Quick guess :
37% - 190
22% - 130
10% - 45
5-6% - 25-30
I think a lot depends on the situation with the PSL, SLD and NowoczesnaPL. If they all just fall short of obtaining representation in the Sejm, then PiS and PO will win large amounts of seats with even 35% of the vote.
What if Petru, PSL and SLD each got 5-6% of the vote, PiS got 37, PO 22 and Kukiz 10. How many seats each would that that translate into?
Quick guess :
37% - 190
22% - 130
10% - 45
5-6% - 25-30
I think a lot depends on the situation with the PSL, SLD and NowoczesnaPL. If they all just fall short of obtaining representation in the Sejm, then PiS and PO will win large amounts of seats with even 35% of the vote.
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
Life / Is it me or do people "seem" to live longer in Poland? Life expectancy among Poles. [52]
I think a lot of them live hard lives through just poor choices. I was reading some forum a while ago by some woman who regarded her mother-in-law as a selfish old cow because she wouldn't take early retirement so she could look after the kids - even though early retirement means losing everything in the OFE fund and a few more years of pension contributions. Disgusting, don't you think? I bet the daughter-in-law would be first to complain when she was expected to support her in old age after several years of unpaid child care.
Poles look much older than Westerners at same age (when 50 and older)....
I think a lot of them live hard lives through just poor choices. I was reading some forum a while ago by some woman who regarded her mother-in-law as a selfish old cow because she wouldn't take early retirement so she could look after the kids - even though early retirement means losing everything in the OFE fund and a few more years of pension contributions. Disgusting, don't you think? I bet the daughter-in-law would be first to complain when she was expected to support her in old age after several years of unpaid child care.
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
Law / Polish Business Immigration and TRP/TRC [14]
5 years for permanent residency, 8 years for citizenship.
It's worth pointing out that permanent residency does not grant any rights of residency or otherwise in other EU countries. For instance, as a permanent resident, you are still obliged to apply for a visa to visit the UK. Let's say you spend 6 years in Poland. You obtain permanent residency after 5, then after 6, you decide to relocate to Germany. The clock effectively restarts from 0, and furthermore, you will lose your Polish permanent residency after a period of non-residency.
5 years for permanent residency, 8 years for citizenship.
It's worth pointing out that permanent residency does not grant any rights of residency or otherwise in other EU countries. For instance, as a permanent resident, you are still obliged to apply for a visa to visit the UK. Let's say you spend 6 years in Poland. You obtain permanent residency after 5, then after 6, you decide to relocate to Germany. The clock effectively restarts from 0, and furthermore, you will lose your Polish permanent residency after a period of non-residency.
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
Life / Important: A Good Medical Center with English speaking doctors in Krakow [50]
Blimey, there's no reason to self-medicate in Poland. You'll always find a doctor willing to give you what you want - it's normal in Poland for people to demand (and get) certain things.
It's a lab in Poznań - rckik.poznan.pl/badania-platne
Because Im self-medicating due to various reasons and doctors dont approve of that.
Blimey, there's no reason to self-medicate in Poland. You'll always find a doctor willing to give you what you want - it's normal in Poland for people to demand (and get) certain things.
It's a lab in Poznań - rckik.poznan.pl/badania-platne
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
Life / Which Dentist is the best for Bridges & Crowns in Poland ? [13]
If you want a personal recommendation - dentopolis-poznan.pl/en - in Poznań comes well recommended by me.
Harry, how's the pain?
If you want a personal recommendation - dentopolis-poznan.pl/en - in Poznań comes well recommended by me.
Harry, how's the pain?
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
Life / Important: A Good Medical Center with English speaking doctors in Krakow [50]
Wow, really? The lab I use for stuff never seems to ask, but it is a meat factory and all about the cash...
What kind of blood tests would be so strange that a doctor would never agree to it? :/
@Delph: it also depends on what to test. Sometimes in order to have something tested, we also need to have something else tested otherwise the result does not mean anything and therefore need to see a doctor.
Wow, really? The lab I use for stuff never seems to ask, but it is a meat factory and all about the cash...
@User: if what you need to have tested is "rare", better to see an doctor. If you need to have more things tested, the doctor shall give you a complete prescription and you won't have to have several blood tests but only one.
What kind of blood tests would be so strange that a doctor would never agree to it? :/
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
Same as you. PiS would suffer badly with Kukiz - as you say, he's a trouble-maker. Let's say that hypothetically, PiS take something like 41-42% of the vote and around 209 seats. PO take 30% and around 160 seats, and Kukiz takes the remainder. My gut feeling is that PiS would be better with a minority government, as Kukiz would probably demand all sorts of ridiculous concessions and would play all sorts of stupid games in the media against them while in government with them.
The thing with a minority government is that if you can make it work, then you get a lot of credit for it. If you bring down a minority government, you need to have very solid reasons for it, otherwise the voters will be furious that you've caused another election. So PiS actually can be in quite a strong position if they lead a minority government with only two other parties in the Sejm.
What's your take on this?
Same as you. PiS would suffer badly with Kukiz - as you say, he's a trouble-maker. Let's say that hypothetically, PiS take something like 41-42% of the vote and around 209 seats. PO take 30% and around 160 seats, and Kukiz takes the remainder. My gut feeling is that PiS would be better with a minority government, as Kukiz would probably demand all sorts of ridiculous concessions and would play all sorts of stupid games in the media against them while in government with them.
The thing with a minority government is that if you can make it work, then you get a lot of credit for it. If you bring down a minority government, you need to have very solid reasons for it, otherwise the voters will be furious that you've caused another election. So PiS actually can be in quite a strong position if they lead a minority government with only two other parties in the Sejm.
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
Life / Important: A Good Medical Center with English speaking doctors in Krakow [50]
If you don't need them for any private insurance purposes, sure.
There are plenty of labs that will take the blood, send it off and get the results to you by the end of the day.
Can I just walk into a private clinic and order the blood tests I want without prior doctors consultation?
If you don't need them for any private insurance purposes, sure.
There are plenty of labs that will take the blood, send it off and get the results to you by the end of the day.
delphiandomine
1 Aug 2015
Life / Is it me or do people "seem" to live longer in Poland? Life expectancy among Poles. [52]
Sorry, I prefer the real world statistics to your "statistics".
countryeconomy.com/demography/life-expectancy/poland
The statistics can easily be explained by the heavy drinking (even in the workplace) by men combined with some other things such as men driving like absolute numbskulls and doing downright stupid/dangerous things.
Sorry, but your "fag packet" calculations are just like the rest of PiS economics - made up on the spot and worthless.
Suffer? Many of them were nomeklatura bastards, especially the ones that look better to do.
really? well families here in Polska i know of suffered just that at 5 years after retirement at most, and back of fag packet average is about 3-4 yrs. not smokers or drinkers.
Sorry, I prefer the real world statistics to your "statistics".
In 2013 the life expectancy in Poland increased to 77.10 years.That year, the life expectancy for women was 81.20 years and for men 73.00 years.
countryeconomy.com/demography/life-expectancy/poland
The statistics can easily be explained by the heavy drinking (even in the workplace) by men combined with some other things such as men driving like absolute numbskulls and doing downright stupid/dangerous things.
Sorry, but your "fag packet" calculations are just like the rest of PiS economics - made up on the spot and worthless.
didnt they suffer enough under communism, i'd have thought so, lets not begrudge them a slower pace or rest and peace of mind now if thats what they have (either because of or in spite of po governance!)
Suffer? Many of them were nomeklatura bastards, especially the ones that look better to do.
delphiandomine
31 Jul 2015
News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]
The exact formula is quite complicated (it's a modified version of the D'Hondt system, I think...?) and depends on the other parties, but I think something like this would be close. It's based on previous election results, so it might not quite be accurate.
PiS - 235 (47% is roughly what PO and the PSL got last time round)
PO - 170 (PiS got 167 on the basis of 29% in 2011)
Kukiz - 55 (seems too high, Ruch Palikota got only 40 seats on the basis of 10% last time)
I think PiS and PO under this system would probably gain around 10 seats between them from Kukiz, so something like 241 - 174 - 45 might be more realistic. That means PiS + Kukiz would have 285 seats between them. If I'm not mistaken, you need somewhere around 306 or 307 votes to change the constitution.
I seem to recall that there were discussions after the 2011 election about constitutional change, but despite PiS only having just short of 30% of the vote, they had more than 1/3rd of the votes in the Sejm and thus could block any constitutional change. For some reason, the system used seems to provide any party with 30% of the vote with an effective veto over change.
In terms of a parliamentary majority, 45% should be enough to secure a majority of one.
How would the latest poll result -- PiS, 47.1%, PO 30.3% and Kukiz 10.5% -- look in terms of mandates if those were the only 3 parties that made it thorugh?
The exact formula is quite complicated (it's a modified version of the D'Hondt system, I think...?) and depends on the other parties, but I think something like this would be close. It's based on previous election results, so it might not quite be accurate.
PiS - 235 (47% is roughly what PO and the PSL got last time round)
PO - 170 (PiS got 167 on the basis of 29% in 2011)
Kukiz - 55 (seems too high, Ruch Palikota got only 40 seats on the basis of 10% last time)
I think PiS and PO under this system would probably gain around 10 seats between them from Kukiz, so something like 241 - 174 - 45 might be more realistic. That means PiS + Kukiz would have 285 seats between them. If I'm not mistaken, you need somewhere around 306 or 307 votes to change the constitution.
I seem to recall that there were discussions after the 2011 election about constitutional change, but despite PiS only having just short of 30% of the vote, they had more than 1/3rd of the votes in the Sejm and thus could block any constitutional change. For some reason, the system used seems to provide any party with 30% of the vote with an effective veto over change.
In terms of a parliamentary majority, 45% should be enough to secure a majority of one.
delphiandomine
30 Jul 2015
Genealogy / Unanswered Polish names requests - anyone have information on the following? [21]
Polonius - I've been reading about some guy who claims partial Polish heritage. His name is Wiebe, but do you think that's just a corruption of the Germanic Weiße?
Polonius - I've been reading about some guy who claims partial Polish heritage. His name is Wiebe, but do you think that's just a corruption of the Germanic Weiße?
delphiandomine
29 Jul 2015
News / Have PO (Platforma) operatives in Poland fallen into a panic? [332]
As I keep saying - he has no real manifesto. That stuff about a woman being able to live off her husband's money is just nonsense, and he's yet again showing that his ideas are all just random nonsense. Low taxation for high earners, but huge social benefits? Something doesn't add up...
As I keep saying - he has no real manifesto. That stuff about a woman being able to live off her husband's money is just nonsense, and he's yet again showing that his ideas are all just random nonsense. Low taxation for high earners, but huge social benefits? Something doesn't add up...
delphiandomine
29 Jul 2015
News / LGBT hate speech to be banned in Poland [208]
Either works for me, but the current situation of having some groups protected and others not is total nonsense.
Either works for me, but the current situation of having some groups protected and others not is total nonsense.
delphiandomine
29 Jul 2015
Real Estate / How to buy an apartment in Poland - can I pay in full cash? [20]
But of course you can. You need to use a notary (not a lawyer - there's absolutely no reason to use one unless there's some very complicated arrangements involved) to handle the actual transaction, as well as paying 2% tax.
A good notary will guide you through the process without fuss.
@delphiandomie,I don't really mean paying in cash.Of course the money will be transfered to the prospective seller's account.
I just meant if it's possible to buy an apartment and pay all at once without taking any credit from the bank.
Since I always hear that people can only take credit to buy whatever here.
I just meant if it's possible to buy an apartment and pay all at once without taking any credit from the bank.
Since I always hear that people can only take credit to buy whatever here.
But of course you can. You need to use a notary (not a lawyer - there's absolutely no reason to use one unless there's some very complicated arrangements involved) to handle the actual transaction, as well as paying 2% tax.
A good notary will guide you through the process without fuss.