News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]


Hey ant,

dunno that but I met a lot of them in Asia, especially Korea - btw, they were really cool, though drinking a lot :)

News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]

Hey ant,

First of all, that's a long post...and you are right that the Polish flood made a dent in the Polish unemployment rate. But on the other hand, the Polish factor had cleansed the UK's rigid labor market, ie, made it more competitive. Most Brits woudn't work - they're better off on welfare, as your bennies are way tooooo genereous - and had no intention to "actively" look for a job. And in the early 90s there was an acute shortage of trade people (plumbers, electricians, hairdressers) and the Poles filled out the hole in the market. When the things were go-go, the Brits were raking in tax revenue - don't tell me that Poles don't pay taxes, every time the local store's tilt rings, your Majesty collects tax. Then the second wave of Poles came, less educated in sense of trade, and coupled w/ the econ's collapse, things went heywire. Now your major dailies were calling on Poles to head back home, but they haven't budged yet. Why woud they? They've already planted some roots - kids are going to English schools and act as a lingo bridge - saved some money, or open their owne business, and tryina ride out the bad econ. You're talking about ESL stuff...well, dosen't that creat a market for your local ESL teachers? Now they don't have to go to Saudi Arabia or Korea to teach English, right?

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]


That's the prob w/ Polish: there's always someone who wants to stiff you! Tusk brainwashed Poland? For Pete's sake how? It's an open country and anyone w/ some smarts can read here and there and see the whole pic. If Brzez says that PIS is a whole bunch of paranoid morons, it tells ya about the opposition party. They've got nuthing, I mean nuthing, to offer but b..tch n moan about the current go'vt. Period! They have no econ plan whatsoever, only talking about commies here and there. It's old and tiring, bro!

News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]


hey scottiee,

Let me englighten ya that Amtrak is very, very profitable along the north-eastern corridor; it's a dog elsewhere! I would get rid of it! Now Poland's LOT is a dog like other Euro carriers, remember Zurich Air? But I gotta give some kudos, you Brits, as yours seem to have been the most profitable carriers in Europe. That having said, tells me that some countries can have carriers w/o pumping into lotta cash. But then the prob is that there ver few carriers that can buy LOT, right?

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hey charlie,

I don't think they b..tch n moan that much - their English ain't good enough to express themselves, right? The funny thing is that in the US you don't hear Polish b..tch at all - and most are overstayers - unless someone comes up w/ Polak jokes! In the UK you may hear here n there, but that's not a big deal. I think most Brits b..tch n moan about E Europeans coming over there n stealing their carps from ponds! And the UK econ has been headnding south for a while so you got some frictions btwn Poles and Brits, mostly about who is taking whose jobs. Then you have a slapdick, aka hudsondicks, adding more fuel to the fire by posting anti-Polish comments, even b..tching about chicks. C'mon, bro! That ain't kosher!

News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]


Legend,

That's not a bad idea: Poland needs a little bit of mixing up. Too many blonds!!! But I would take it easy w/ muslims.

News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]


Hey Mo,

Whatchya smoking? That much money just by pumping gas? Sh.t!

Let's put it this way: you'd always go to a lower bidder (remodeling, gardner) and it wouldn't matter if he's Polish or Mexi. Again, don't smoke that sh..t!

News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]


Yep, that's what I said earlier, they gotta get rid of some dead wood. And it sounds to me like Greece too - lotta red tape! But, also, in Poland and Greece, trade unions (this is not the same Solidarity as way back) are very strong/corrupt and very malicious, expecially if your legal system has no bite. Here, e.g., you go to the judge and get an injunction, meaning the union can't go on strike first and then talk. My understanding about Poland and Greece is that you start riots first and then talk. Again, get rid of dead wood, meaning public employees and sell off public entities that bleed, eg, LOT.


Very simple: it has kept (hope still does) the inflation rate low, as most Poles were performing services (eg, plumbing, remodeling, warehousing, house cleaning, gardening, et cetera) at a lower cost than what their Brit competition what've charaged. That extra saved pound ended up in your wallet and now you go to Costco and get that Polish dog and a slice of pizza! Before the Polish coming to the UK, you had to stick to fish n chips! The same sit here: I need to clean the carpet, so I call around and go w/ a Mexi guy (I know he employes illegals, but I dont give a rip cause it costs me less than going to Joe Schmoe Carpet). See now I'm saving 60 bucks. What am I gonna do w/ it? Spend on my kid, go to a ball park (baseball), etc. So although I ain't getting humps in my paychecks (even if so, that's like <2%), which might cause inflation, but my living standard hasn't change that much becasue of a lower service labor cost.

News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]


Sorry ain't gonna happen! The UK went thru some hard times when the real estate market went south...Did Poles leave as "all experts" were saying and Poland was doing well (growing). Nope. Why? Because of welfare and other socio-econ factors where Poles were still better off than heading back home.

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Hey Bieg,
Don't think so. Why? Most Poles have no clue when it comes to econ. Even it the facts are true, say, no jobs in the UK, they might blame their friends for not "being friends" or blame the Polish gov't for making up bad stories about the West as way back in People's Republic - sometime the regime was saying the truth about the West's poor econ, but people didn't believe. So, my friend, won't happen: Poles will keep coming to the UK whaterever the news!

News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]


Everynoe is doing that and from the econ. standpoint is not bad and a such should be used (Keynesian, spell?) when the country's econ is heading south. The gov't needs to pump in money when the private sector is "taking a break." The question is: how you manage and how you spend that money...Look at Greece, they spent all on consumption and corruption - their roads are worse than in Poland now...

News / Poland braces for economic slowdown [30]

They gotta get rid of some "dead wood," which is still present in Poland's econ. Lotta noise made by PIS and its sister party (nationalists) ain't helping much, expecially if you see riots in Warsaw and hoolignas battling the riot police. The trade union, whatever its political motives, has to go as a political body and stick to labor issues. Another "Polish flood" to the UK. Possible. But there ain't jobs for someone w/ a college degree in Polish, History, et cetera, as had the first wave, which was very skilled. The Brits will have to come up w/ some scheme to keep, though, an educated tide, but, sadly, skilless and pretty much useless for the UK labor market.