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Ironside   
19 Oct 2010
News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]

So you think Poland can afford all these huge pensions paid out to ex-Party, ex-Solidarity members?

Is not a question of affordability but ability of the PO government to take away entrenched privileges!

Because the Polish people want it all, now. They aren't willing to tolerate a few years of pain for the greater good - and there is a rather large block of selfish individuals that will cause mayhem if their cushy living standards are threatened.

thats a very shallow diagnosis, rather picture of consumerist attitude around the glob!
and whats more explains nothing !

Roll on 2011, a PO-Palikot majority in the Sejm, a PO President and PO majority in the Senat and a vast axe being taken to many of these benefits.

dream on! crazy - whoever you are !not British though !

give us a pie chart of government expenses...

real expenses or, those for publication ?
Ironside   
18 Oct 2010
News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]

Definition :

development is the increase in the standard of living in a nation's population with sustained growth from a simple, low-income economy to a modern, high-income economy. Also, if the local quality of life could be improved, economic development would be enhanced. Its scope includes the process and policies by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people.

Economic development refers to social and technological progress.Economic growth implies only an increase in quantitative output; it may or may not involve development

Anyone who isn't socialist can see the huge problem in Poland - the country is in dire need of a major pension reform. Yes, it'll be painful, yes, it's going to hurt all those ex Party members w

Dream on or keep lying !

No, I personally think

there a many ideas what to do, question is why nothing has been done ?
Ironside   
17 Oct 2010
History / Poland - Scotland, the untold story... [75]

It would seem that the last of the Stuarts is from the Polish side.

To make sure of it there is DNA test available!
Ironside   
17 Oct 2010
News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]

so for 21 years now Poland is rebuilding again and it is too slow for you

yeah ! problem????

There is no incentive from the government to increase salaries. Small increases will be swallowed by taxes, and large increases will make the cost of labor uncompetitive. Employing people in Poland is expensive. Until the government fixes that, wages will remain low.

And there is a importers lobby - to keep high value of zloty !
zloty should be about 10 - 11 zl for 1 $, overvalued and paying for it are people in Poland !
Ironside   
17 Oct 2010
News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]

They don't feel the recession because there is none.

as a comment a story:
While in Greece due to government's cuts of the wages and such, people were demonstrating and putting ablaze buses and such. In Poland a many said or/and thought - fukk they are demonstrating because they'll have almost the same as most of Poles have for all their life...

With a big internal market, retaliative cheap labour meant lots of exports, entrance into the E.U. meant billions of Euros being pumped in to improve infrastructure, millions of Poles working abroad sending their money bac

thats all fragmentary and temporary measures and means, where is a plan, government is employing a new bureaucrats, they spent tax money on the war, flashy displays, phew ! they cannot even bother to build a proper motorways, or oversee quality of new investment in infrastructure, trains - in mess due to freaky organization - not because Poles don't know how - but because is the way to make a money for few with connections !
Ironside   
17 Oct 2010
News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]

Like for instance, why is Poland getting worse? Explain.

Poland in my opinion is not getting worse, not if you think in the terms of living standard.
There no place here for long and elaborated essays, in short - Poland is is getting worse for some and getting better for some!
In a way is not really getting better or worse but changing! Those changes are not necessarily bad from the casual look of things, although after close examinations I must conclude that a poisonous tree can only bring poisonous fruits.

Maybe an inability to govern themselves?

Whoosh!
Explain !

Of course it's great to know it but most likely it's not helping you much to progress as a economical power.

Do you really believe that some theoretical stuff from uni make that much of the difference ?

You probably never spoke with anybody who remembered pre-WWII Poland or even never red anything reliable about it...

Wrong on both counts!

I am not sure by what standards other Poles are using to judge how Poland is "better off" or "not better off" today relative to pre WWII and WWII years.

Comparing, progress, effectiveness of government also by comparing others country's like Spain, Greece which were a way behind Poland before WWII, also by the thingy that Poland before WWII were leading country in a innovation and modern technology developments - and now is only as good as a receiving secondary market !

somehow more prosperous before the war

depends what you have in mind genius

growing GDP

Do you know what GDP is ? or you are just fascinated by a numbers that grows?

Turn your question to the ones who are running the 'show'.

Who is running the show ?
Ironside   
16 Oct 2010
History / Polish martyrology during WW2 - today`s monuments [54]

Poland struggles badly with this, even today.

what? Poland was too good for those bastasd !
Admitting?
phew!

Just pointing out that some Poles love to live in the past

not true

instead of pushing for real change.

pushing for what ?
Ironside   
13 Oct 2010
History / What happened from 1650-1795? [68]

Still, I don't think I'm that far off with respect to that section of the population that is self consciously, even theatrically, patriotic (ie the ones that trumpet how bloody patriotic they are, as opposed to the ones who genuinely are but don't feel quite the same need to crow about it).

What do you mean ? Who do you have in mind?
Ironside   
11 Oct 2010
Love / Filipina married a Polish man, need more advice [90]

dump him and stop letting him have his cake and his frosting.

Yes, he is likely to have a reason - short term relationship with benefits.

hey, folks she had just a bad dream, thats all ! Do not make a fuss about the dream!
Ironside   
11 Oct 2010
History / What happened from 1650-1795? [68]

nd arguably should not

Well, maybe not but its only way the people are familiar with ....to change would take a time...and question arise change for what ....a better quality or like Magdalena Środa and her ilk would like to replace crosses with rainbow banners and the church influence with their own.
Ironside   
11 Oct 2010
History / What happened from 1650-1795? [68]

that the prevalent model of patriotism in Poland is the 19th century one.

Well, that the way it is !