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Joined: 16 Feb 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Jun 2020
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peterweg   
26 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

i simply cannot share the ethusiasm of others...

I have no idea where you did up the reasons to be pessimistic, you don't backup your opinions (as Fuzzywickets pointed out above when you made statements about the USA) so they simply come across as wild prejudices.
peterweg   
26 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Of course it looks like a boom when you consider the comparatively low level at which the country started.

Thats is the definition of growth/boom. Rising income, the starting point is irrelevant.

If there would be enough jobs in Poland, that is. Otherwise you end up with an army of unemployed people that will ruin your economy.

Obviously they will return for jobs not unemployment. As already pointed out Polish don't get any unemployment benefit so they have no effect on its economy.

Should read "...in any other country of the former East Bloc". Anything else is comparing apples and oranges.

Are you claiming that any country in the whole of Europe has had such a dramatic reduction in poverty? Its statement is 100% correct, although irrelevant.

We are talking about the "booming" economy of Poland here. Why does a booming economy have to "export" millions of people

They went to find work several years ago, the emigration has stopped and party reversed. Even abroad they are powering the Polish economy, so its nothing to worry about as they are a future source of immigration.

Dear guys, nobody will persuade me that Poland is not booming. I just remember the communist squalor of 1970s and 80s and comparing it with today`s sitation it is like Heaven and Hell. Or Fire and Water.

Polands GDP in 1990 was $69Billion, now its $530Billion. That is a stupefying rise in wealth in one generation, 670% rise.
peterweg   
26 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

EU cash, EU cash, foreign investment due to cheap labor, EU cash, foreign investment due to cheap labor, EU cash, EU cash.

Brilliant deduction that Poland entry to the EU has boosted its economy and foreign investment. Dirty socialist money from Germany and the UK build it into a booming economy..

Much better to spend $22million dollars on a armored personnel carrier than several Km of motorway, eh?

if the ecnonomy grows, who will they employ if those without all leave and that that doesnt matter like you state??? strange logic...

They return. The majority of Polish emigrees return, if not within a few years, often by retirement - as is the case of the Polish Americans.
peterweg   
26 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Socialized countries

Crazy American fantasy about the world.

Poland is twice as rich as it was eight years ago. Your crackpot ideas do not hold up to reality.

She took a total of 18 months of maternity leave, full pay, full benies. She then managed to weasel her way into more maternity leave (i forget the process) and then got pregnant again.

Good. Poland needs to build its population. As usual, you yanks like to rant on about crap while ignoring the fact that your country is going to the dogs, not because of social or health care spending but military expenditure and useless politicians.
peterweg   
26 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

China. Try to find a product over here (in the US) [quote=FUZZYWICKETS]In a country as socialized as Poland is, people leaving = disaster. Her residents' paychecks is what keeps the gears turning. People leave, the country starves.

for example that doesn't have a "Made in China" printed on it. Almost impossible.

Wages in China are in some cases already above Poland and rising much faster.

That millions of Poles left their country is irrelevant? I beg to differ. It helped the economy, yes, but what Poland did was in essence to get rid of a potential time bomb.

You are exaggerating, even so the fact is that Polands economy is booming compared to every other country in Europe. How/why that has occurred doesn't stop it being a fact. If the 'millions' return it will provide even more economic stimulus.

Poland somehow suffered far higher unemployment and poverty without any 'bomb' exploding.

In a country as socialized as Poland is, people leaving = disaster. Her residents' paychecks is what keeps the gears turning. People leave, the country starves.

I thought you lived here? You seem to have forgotten that the USA is far more 'socialized' than Poland when it comes to unemployment. No work=no money. The people who left were unemployed and provided nothing and would have starved. Losing unemployed people is no loss to an economy, having them working abroad and remitting billions of Euro's per year is a definite gain.

As a reminder.

Poverty on the decline in Poland

The number of Poles who live below the poverty line has declined in the last six years, from 13 million to five million, according to a recent report by Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency.

Such a significant and rapid drop has not been recorded in any other country in Europe, wrote Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, which cites the data.

wbj.pl/article-57975-poverty-on-the-decline-in-poland.html

Poland's GDP has gone up over 100% since EU ascension in 2004 (2004 = $250Billion ;2011 GDP is $531Billion)

http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=ny_gd p_mktp_cd&idim=country:POL&dl=en&hl=en&q=poland+gdp+chart

In comparison, the UK GDP has risen0%since 2004 (its gone down since 2010).
peterweg   
26 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

What do you think will happen when the foreign investors find another place that can provide the same educated workforce, but for less money?

And where on that planet would that be?

Excellent post. Nothing as annoying as hearing all this crap about Poland booming; blatant propaganda by the industrialist, and a blatant lie. How could an EU country be booming with a minimum wage of 2 euros an hour. Millions of Poles are all over Ireland , UK , Germany, Netherlands,USA etc etc. Why would this be if the country was booming??

Booming means the economy is having fast economic growth. It is, the level of the minimum wage is irrelevant, as is the fact that some of the population has emigrated - this can help economic growth.
peterweg   
25 Apr 2012
Food / Butcher Shops in Krakow with Good Beef [11]

Maybe here

befsztyk.pl/meat-freh-beef-meat-c-2_10.html?language=en&osCsid=4eccc029267f03e33164fe0803fbf94f

Our transport works only in Warsaw and surrounding areas.

befsztyk.pl/info_pages.php?pages_id=28

Ah..

these can arrange delivery elsewhere in Poland

vipdelikatesy.pl/index.php?cPath=15_38
peterweg   
25 Apr 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Only this preliminary report

Preliminary monitoring results for the primary residential market in the first quarter of 2012
Other release formats: .txt (size: 1-4kB)

REAS published preliminary monitoring results for the primary residential market in the first quarter of 2012 in Warsaw, Wrocław, Poznan and Tri-City. In terms of the total number of transactions, the quarter's results were similar to the final quarter of 2011. Such results were achieved thanks to the market's good performance in February and March following weak January sales. In Q1 2012, both the average floor areas of the most frequently sold residential units and the prices per square meter continued to fall compared to the previous quarter. Consequently, the total value of the market declined.

Detailed results of the monitoring of the primary residential market in major Polish cities will be available soon on

media.reas.pl/en/pr/207547/preliminary-monitoring-results-for-the-primary-residential-market-in-the-first-quarter-of-2012?rss=true
peterweg   
23 Apr 2012
Food / Butcher Shops in Krakow with Good Beef [11]

Alma have a 'special' delivery service, apparently they have a good steak but no idea how good it is as I cannot stand the taste of Beef.

Its also possible to order it from France.
peterweg   
20 Apr 2012
News / Forbes: Boot Argentina from the G20 and include Poland [44]

Elite? my arse. You must be a communist. Kirchner is/represents a country and her actions are an act of aggression against another country, she qualifies as an elite in your communist world view.

They sold the company to Repsol ten years ago, the current Presidents husband voted for the sale and stole $700million form the proceeds. They knew exactly what they were doing, selling something to a foreigner than stealing it back.

Incidentally, 25% of the company is owned by a friend of her dead husband (Eskenazis ), he bought the share so that Argentinians would be part share holders and at the behest of the dead husband/former president. For some reason the current Kirchner president has stolen Repsols share and not Eskenazis's, the result of which is Eskenazis is going bankrupt and will lose his billion dollar business empire in Argentina. Kirchner is taking revenge on Eskenazis for what ever reason.
peterweg   
19 Apr 2012
News / Forbes: Boot Argentina from the G20 and include Poland [44]

G20: Boot Argentina, Include Poland

Time to say adios to Christina Kirchner's crew (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)

Planning is well under way in Los Cabos on the Mexican peninsula for the July summit of the G20 economic powers-or as I like to refer to it, the G19 + Argentina. So, it is surely too late to change the guest list, even though Argentina continues to deteriorate under re-elected President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner into a tinhorn republic with stooge ministers and national accounts not reputable enough to appear in the Economist's statistical tables.

For now, as the future of the G20 is mapped, a swap of Argentina for Poland should be actively considered. Someday the once-significant Argentines could return from the minor leagues, but that's not on the horizon.

forbes.com/sites/timferguson/2012/04/09/g20-boot-argentina-include-poland/
peterweg   
18 Apr 2012
History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]

There were obviously many factors but we can all agree Poland & US had the same interest during this era.

How can you come to that conclusion?

From the content of your own post its obvious that the US placed blind trust in Stalin and did nothing to defend Poland against him. American has never shown anything but self interest when it comes to the world.

US was fully intending to fight a nuclear war on Polish soil and see Poland and its people eradicated.

Tell me how thats in Poland's 'interest'?

The US interest in Vietnam was as a 'Bulwark against Communism' and to stop the domino effect of countries falling to communism in SE Asia. same principle was used in South America - kill anyone you like just make sure WE are safe from communism
peterweg   
18 Apr 2012
History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

OK, what do you mean???

Its very easy to think you are doing a country a 'favour' but they probably don't see it that way. The Russians and Germans could claim that they both saved Poland from each other, but would Poles see it that way?
peterweg   
17 Apr 2012
History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

In the same way the Poles should be grateful to the Germans.
peterweg   
16 Apr 2012
Food / Old Krupnik Warning [9]

Contact the distributer/importer/manufacturer, they do give a damn.
peterweg   
15 Apr 2012
Off-Topic / I am Polish and I am offended. [52]

You were subject of different socialization (or aculturalization)in Canada compared to typical Pole

You really should try and improve your English, over pompous psycho-babble is tiresome to read.
peterweg   
13 Apr 2012
Travel / Shooting around Krakow? [8]

You asked this question the other day, didn't you. I suppose you could go in the woods and blast away with some shotguns and rifles with my father in law.

I

krakowshooting.com
protourscracow.com/pl/k_22.htm
peterweg   
13 Apr 2012
Travel / Shooting around Krakow? [8]

I'll check if 6pm is ok, email me so we can discuss., PM me.

6pm is possible
peterweg   
13 Apr 2012
Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]

driving in PL is an acquired art, you must have 360 vision and expect the worse of all the the drivers within your vicinity.

Drive anywhere without that attitude and you will eventually have a accident. People do stupid and unexpected things, you have to drive assuming that they will do.
peterweg   
12 Apr 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Mortgages selling better than expected in Poland

At the end of 2011, bankers feared that sales of mortgages would fall by up to 15 percent at the beginning of this year. This is because most banks stopped lending mortgages denominated in foreign currencies, while further limits were put on the government's Family on its Own mortgage-subsidy program and the regulator tightened lending rules.

But expectations of a drastic drop have proved to be exaggerated. Sales did contract, but not by as much as forecast.

In January, banks lent zł.2.02 billion, the lowest amount in 12 months, but the year-on-year fall was not even as large as 10 percent, Puls Biznesu reported.

wbj.pl/article-58801-mortgages-selling-better-than-expected-in-poland.html
peterweg   
11 Apr 2012
History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]

many Poles would face daily abuse in the workplace and there was prejudice displayed towards Poles when seeking housing with signs in windows saying "No Irish, blacks or Poles" not uncommon.

Bollocks, you are lying.