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Do you believe that western Europe (ie EU) won`t punish Poland if Poland try to go out of EU? [44]
Poland leaving the EU, never likely to happen, would the rest of the EU punish Poland if they did, I doubt it, I'm no expert on Polish politics but I'm sure that PiS know which side their bread is buttered as a net recipient of EU funding.
InPolska, I couldn't agree more, let me give you an even better example. A story I have been following for about 18 months.
Child benefit in the UK is classed as a ''universal'' benefit, all are entitled to it irrespective of the parents salary although recently there was a small tax payment implemented for parents with a salary of 50,000 GBP or more per year, also, as it's classed as ''universal'' you don't actually have to be working to claim it. There are approx. 27,000 Polish children who live in Poland but one or both of their parents live, not necessarily working in the UK that currently receive the full UK child benefit payments, the weekly rate is, 20GBP for the 1st child and 13GBP for all subsequent children, so Polish guy/girl in the UK, 3 children in Poland = 1x20 + 2x13 = 46, lets just say the exchange rate is 5zl per pound, = 920zl every 4 weeks, lets say the parent is working in a warehouse on minimum wage, take into account the working tax credit and the child tax credit they would be ''entitled'' to, now we can see how much milk we can get from the cow.
Now lets give it a comparison. I am a single male living in Poland, I have never claimed a penny in UK benefits, imagine I get into some sort of financial difficulty, can I claim any benefits from the UK, NO I don't live there, can I claim any benefits from Poland, NO I've never had a job here and paid into the Polish system, I thought we were all European?????? Is It a case of ''we're all equal brothers but some are more equal than others''
I understand that David Cameron is trying to make the UK unattractive to people, His problem is that he has 27 other countries and a mountain of EU legislation to wade through.
Just an after thought, of the 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004, people from those 10 countries on JSA (job seekers allowance) in the UK total almost 31,000 people, UK citizens living in any of those same 10 countries claiming the equivalent benefit total just 62 people ???????