News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


I have a question for you - Trzaskowski has promised that nothing that PiS gave to the people will be taken from them - he even promised more:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/wybory-2020-program-rafala-trzaskowskiego-kandydat-koalicji-obywatelskiej-nie-przedstawia-kosztow-kluczowych-obietnic-6530276727649921a

what do you think about it - why do you support someone who is - in your opinion - ruining the finances of the country even more than PiS - or maybe you just treat it as a ruse to gain power and then completely turn around and you acknowledge and accept it and approve of it


the gap you mention is not caused by VAT fraud (virtually an extortion from the state) but from lower level of crime in black/gray market like the one caused by car mechanics or builders not issueing invoices - I bet they are working to tighten the grip on evading taxation that way - but there are priorities


no you're not funny at all - you live in an information bubble

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


I don't consider PiS leeches at all, maybe there are some irregularities among them but in my opinion it's not comparable with the situation during PO-PSL rule

- the leeches as you call them put an end to the VAT fraud and smuggling of fuels into Poland for the most part - the two easily covered the original 500+ programme


even if some people think of it as a scandal, there was nothing unlawful about it - and in my opinion those people deserved it - also I think PO-PSL just received much more in unlawful manner (think corruption)

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


how do you know they increased if during the time of PSL-PO they went unreported by the media you followed (if you followed any)


it was very low from you, ya know

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


Duda used veto 9 times during his presidency - in comparison Komorowski used veto only 4 times - he is however not known as a PO's pen - one could wonder why

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


sorry I misread you previous post - I thought you wrote about VAT fraud and the the culprits lost their possessions - I'm not in the mood to read the article you linked to be honest

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


a source on that please?

Life / Polish Nursery Rhymes [253]


I would sew for myself
a white handkerchief
And for my little brother
a beautiful shirt

My little brother would wear
This beautifull shirt
He would pray with me
For our mom

Because she , in such young age
Taught me how to sew
Because I sew him a shirt so beautifully

The last stanza is difficult to divide into verses because in Polish we don't have a rigid word order in a sentence


at such a young age* - my English is not proficient I guess

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


you are genius, Pam - nothing short of

an I'm not being ironic

Language / NAMES POLES GIVE THEIR DOGS [77]


trąba simply - the main meaning is trumpet - in a figurative meaning it can mean shithead

Life / Polish Nursery Rhymes [253]


correction: stubble - or maybe stubbles sound better in English

Life / Polish Nursery Rhymes [253]

Bioła (regional form of biała) pajęczyna
ściernisko okryła
O żebym ja pryntko (regional of prędko)
Szyć sie nauczyła

white spiderweb has covered a stuble
let me( or I want to) quickly learn how to sew

History / Pomerania -a Polish land since the creation of Poland and the German invaders. [60]

the area around Szczecin/Stettin was under Swedish rule since the end of the 30 years war until the middle of 18th century (and parts of Vorpommern/Pomorze Przednie) - Hinter Pommern/Pomorze Zachodnie was under Brandenburg rule at the time

Study / Private Universities vs Public Universities in Poland [31]


no they don't offer financial support (unless you are a refugee) - on the contrary they want your money for tuition (unless you are a refugee)

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


Platforma hadn't fullfill many more of their electoral promises and also added some corruption on top - so for me the choice is simple

Language / Am I the only person that can't sing in Polish at all? [48]

of course it's a Polish band

Language / Am I the only person that can't sing in Polish at all? [48]


have you heard of this band - youtu.be/y39vAfRmZoQ
- the lyrics have mostly masculine rhymes

History / Poland must get back Lwow, Wilno and Brest back [345]


I don't even know what you mean by that - do you mean that Poland is pestering Czech Republic for Zaolzie - if so then you are very very wrong

News / PiS` magic tricks - the first budget without deficit in Poland [39]


I don't really think you understand much of Polish politics

History / Poland must get back Lwow, Wilno and Brest back [345]


Vlad - the point is those who want Lviv back are complete fringes of Polish society - it's a non-issue in serious politics in Poland

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


it's Krzysztof Bosak from Konfederacja

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


all major central banks (including the euro zone central bank) are printing money afaik to stave off the consequences of COVID

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


have you seen other goverments prepared around the world? Angela Merkel stated like in March that 60 per cent of Germans before a vaccine against the viruc can be put into use

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


even if the tax regime is no better you still should take into account the state of economy which was very good thanks to PiS untill the pandemy struck - maybe your business was left behind somehow if you haven't experience a rise in income

News / PiS` magic tricks - the first budget without deficit in Poland [39]

@pawian


Jacek Rostowski did a couple of tricks to the budget so it appeared the deficit was lower than it was in actuality - for example he "lent" money to ZUS (or rather FUS) instead of marking it as budget expense - PO also separated the special fund for building roads from the budget so any loans it had to take was not counted as a budget expense

the first few years of PiS didn't rely on this tricks - 2020 marks a change in that respect on the path created by PO-PSL

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

if you watched TVP you would know that Duda welcomed ( actually proposed) an idea of all 3 main TV stations running a debate together

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


that was actually the case in PO-PSL years because independent media were niche

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


my guess is you probably don't watch it at all - I also sometimes find TVP nerve grating - but you could sometimes read dorzeczy.pl niezalezna.p or wpolityce.pl just to have a different taste of things

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

read more on the subject - especially the media that you don't particularly like - the pardon pertained the restraining order not the crime itself (which the perpatrator served the sentence for)

living in an inforamation bubble leads to being misinformed, pawian

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

i am not a blind follower of PiS or Kaczyński - I think PiS is overspending (especially on social transfers) - but I understand their motives - one would think that a programme of a scale of the original 500+ would give PiS enough votes - but the votes didn't materialize untill PiS introduced even more spending - the original 500+ programme starting from 2017 was wholly funded by curbing the VAT fraud and smuggling of fuels to Poland

- now look what you've got on the other side: to quote Jacek Rostowski the former finance minister from PO "(for PiS social programmes) there is no money and there won't be any money" - now they say: we won't cut back on PiS social spending"- my ass

also I remember when media supporting PiS or trying to be objective were completely niche - because the public television almost sang in unison with TVN and Polsat

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

wpolityce.pl/polityka/507374-zaskakujacy-artykul-platek-w-gw-publicystka-broni-dude

here's an article by none other than professor Monika Płatek defending Duda


very strange dictatorship if you ask me - with free media (free and nasty)


also Duda vetoed 9 bills that PiS wanted to have passed - I know it's not a huge number but that shows Duda is not merely a puppet