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From: Kraków/Poland
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dtaylor5632   
22 Jun 2010
Law / Advice please - Getting monies from a Poland employer who refuses to pay [41]

they make my zuz and tax contributions

I doubt they do :( Have you a records of tax and zuz payments that have been signed by the school director?

I had similar situation, when most of the teachers in the school weren't paid. I had to blackmail them just to get the money I was owed. Delph should be able to help you out.

It really annoys me that they are still so many schools that continue to work in this way. Hopefully they will all die out soon, fingers crossed anyway.
dtaylor5632   
21 Jun 2010
USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]

z_darius
Their input into the country was in the past all the same. They retain the right to move back to Poland as Polish citizens though many boycott that right, why then should they have the right to vote? Why should they have the right to choose a government that governs other people and not themselves? How would they truly know what will be the effect of their vote if they are not living in that country that is governed by the people they voted for?

I don't think that it's ironic to have an opinion on the voting system in Poland because I have actually lived in Poland probably longer than a lot of Polonian Americans have. Therefore I would know the effects of what certain political parties would bring if they got into government. I would know that first-hand, rather than from second or third-hand information.

Point is that if you want to vote in Poland, maybe it would be a good idea to actually go back and live in that country. Being a part-time Pole serves no purpose to anyone who lives in Poland.

Spending someone else's money?

Does that matter? It's still a political problem in the first place why that person is on welfare. And being a political subject that person has the right to vote, maybe if he does vote he could actually change something about his situation. That my friend is called Democracy, if he hadn't the right to vote, if it was based on how much tax someone pays, then no American Pole would be able to vote at all.

A lot of people live full time outside of Poland while maintaining their presence in the country

For example?
dtaylor5632   
21 Jun 2010
USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]

A lot of them pay in taxes a tiny portion, if anything at all, of what they receive.

If they are living in Poland then yes. They LIVE in that country and at least have some input into the country. Why should someone have a right to decide who governs a country when they are not affected by the outcome. For the same reason Indians living in India are not allowed to vote in the UK elections even though many of them in the past believed that they were British. (besides the point). If you leave Poland or any country for that matter to live in another country full-time, then in my opinion you veto the right to vote.
dtaylor5632   
21 Jun 2010
USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]

If that's the case, it just shows that 70% of Polonians in America haven't lived in Poland in the past twenty years.

In my opinion, If you're allowed to vote in the Polish elections despite living abroad for so many years, you should also pay tax to Poland.
dtaylor5632   
18 Jun 2010
Life / Small change in shops in Poland!? [95]

This has been one of the most annoying things about Poland for a long time. God forbid you have a 200 in your pocket!!!
dtaylor5632   
15 Jun 2010
Love / How do I make a Polish girl cry? [107]

When she tell you that she has secret BF back home, tell her that you found out 3 months before and since then have been secretly filming all her slutty bedtime crap ;)
dtaylor5632   
10 Jun 2010
Life / Anyone else suffering from mosquito bites in Poland? [52]

I noticed a week ago that there were far more mosquitoes flying around than is usual for the time of year.

The floods would have brought them out plus now the hot weather is there they will be mating like...erm mozzies :P

I'm actually quite allergic to mozzies (I stay in the wrong country eh :D ). Last year in Krk I got bitten twice on the arm and spent an eveing in hospital after it had swollen to three times its normal size....elephant man's arm i had :)
dtaylor5632   
9 Jun 2010
UK, Ireland / Where do the polish men hang out in Glasgow? [4]

Problem with the Sikorski club is that it's "members" only. Not had a chance to check it out though, will try and see on Saturday what its like.

I would like to set up some Polish meet ups for this area. At the moment its only the Poles and Slovaks from work who I meet up with generally for hiking and stuffm but would be nice to meet others.
dtaylor5632   
4 Jun 2010
Off-Topic / Brits, Yanks slur their words? [17]

Let em quit, tor braw a eftirnoon fir thit pish ;0

Edit; I haven't yet mastered this fecked up Stirlingshire accent..eh....eh....eh
*pulls trigger on the gun pointed at his head*
dtaylor5632   
4 Jun 2010
Off-Topic / Brits, Yanks slur their words? [17]

We don't slur our words more than any other peoples from around the the world. The reason other non-natives seem to speak so clearly is because usually they are trying never to make any mistakes and speaking with that god awful Queen's English accent that they are taught. That's a sign that they aren't native by the way. When they pronounce "My mother and my brother....ect" in an almost exact copy of what people thought the English sounded like in 1920 :D