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cms neuf   
8 Jan 2020
Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]

And how long would a radio station last in Moscow if it started telling the truth about the billions that Putin steals from his own hard working citizens ?

Take your Muslim nonsense somewhere else where people care about it.
cms neuf   
7 Jan 2020
Real Estate / Termination of fixed term lease in Poland [28]

No - that clause means if the building burns down or floods etc. you could turn down your other job so it is still withn your control.

You could just ring your landlord and tell him, maybe ask for one month. If he refuses just pay him one month then pack up and leave, there is not a lot he can do about it in practical terms.
cms neuf   
7 Jan 2020
Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]

Just silly conspiracy theories and as usual an obsession with Britain - I don't know if Tommy Robinson has ever set foot in Poland unless it was in his previous capacity as a coke head football hooligan.

There is no thought police here In Poland, Rush Limbaugh could broadcast here if he wanted (would be helpful if he spoke Polish)

As for normal people then I mean normal people of all generations - most radio stations here like Zet, ZP and RMF are mind numbing pop plus a bit of neutral news and lots of Lidl ads. So it is Lidl who fund that, not Soros.
cms neuf   
7 Jan 2020
Study / 90% of Poles have university degree? [57]

How do you work that out ? Graduates have far more earnings potential, stable marriage potential and wider opportunities than people who quit learning. Most students do some kind of weekend and summer work anyway where they can get all the photocopying and dishwashing experience they need.

Not sure why you start talking about Britain. In Poland that is even more true than in other countries - quite difficult for school leavers to find good work and to have any mobility.
cms neuf   
6 Jan 2020
Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]

What Thought Police ? And if you flew over tomorrow with a bucket of cash to start a radio station how would they stop you ?

As I said there is no market for one. You conservatives are great believers that the market will fill vacuums so if there was a demand there would be one. As it is most normal people driving their cars or doing the housework prefer to listen to music, sport or their own podcasts, audiobooks etc rather than some moron complaining about transgender bathrooms.
cms neuf   
6 Jan 2020
Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]

They can be heard already in Poland - if someone wants to set up a conservative radio station or TV station then they can do so. What is stopping them ?
cms neuf   
5 Jan 2020
UK, Ireland / Boris Johnson - is the new British PM a popular figure in Poland? [150]

Among my family (which includes some politically active people from the ruling party); I have never heard anyone actively praise him. Most people are indifferent and the more educated think he is clown and certainly not the equal of Macron and Merkel (which is quite a low bar).

In Polish business circles he is derided, not seen as a serious person and not respected as he clearly had no plan for Brexit when the vote was taken. Brexit is seen as a problem that needs a workaround (and in my line of work that normally means going via Amsterdam but Dublin is a close second)

Rest of the popularion probably does not really care except as it affects there emigration prospects or the lower value of remittances being sent home. His string of kids and marriages doesn't got down well in a conservative country but isn't really discussed.

Mind you there is one Pole who likes him - Kawczynski, a prototype plastic Pole totally out of touch with Poland
cms neuf   
4 Jan 2020
Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]

I hate to be the one to break it to you but all saints is on 1 November - 4 November is a normal working day, At least if you live in Poland that is.
cms neuf   
4 Jan 2020
Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]

No what I mean is the kind of patriot who gets upset about Cursed Soldiers, Smolensk etc rather than your typical Kowalski who is happy to stand for the national anthem and put a flag on his car during the World Cup.

In the Us a lot of that discussion developed around wars and unprovoked invasions, which is not such an issue here in Poland.

God knows about your other question but I doubt you are interested in the answer anyway - just an early attempt to steer an interesting thread back to immigration and Muslims.
cms neuf   
4 Jan 2020
Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]

Advertisers would not go for that - Radio Maryja survives because it is funded by Rydzyk.

Most radio ads are for supermarkets, cellphones and banks, who obviously don't want their ads sandwiched between discussions of abortion and Israel.

As Maf says the medium is dying but the topics that sustain talk radio in the US don't excite Poles -

Flag waving patriots are well catered to by TVP
Abortion and homosexuality obsessives have Radio Maryja and Republika
Welfare claimants in Poland are mostly older,poorer PIS voters and won't moan about it on talk radio.
Guns, positive discrimination, oil drilling etc are not big topics here and anyone who does care can use YouTube.
cms neuf   
3 Jan 2020
News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Never mind one document - I could provide you with one thousand, but here is a starter and it's about Poland, like the rest of this thread.

oecd.org/gov/budgeting/budgeting-and-public-expenditures-2019-poland.pdf

You can get that every month - as well as similar documents from the IMF, World Bank, plenty of Polish sources including NBP and KNF, all Polish commercial banks etc etc

I am the owner of plenty of Polish govt bonds myself - very confident that EU membership will continue to provide good growth at low risk. That's a better investment than an imaginary flooded Rolex
cms neuf   
3 Jan 2020
News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

You are confusing govt spending with the total economy - an easy mistake to make if you grew up in a place where hairdressers and sprat factories were state owned.

And yes govt can run deficits for many years if there is a strong private sector that can provide tax revenues and real growth. The US has run a deficit since the 1830s - that's about 4 whole lifetimes or 8 vodka soaked chain smoking Russian lifetimes
cms neuf   
3 Jan 2020
News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Yes - might be the case in Russia where the boss man controls the entire economy.

In Nowy Sacz there is private enterprise and those hard working, free, educated people suddenly have a 400m person market one for them.

So the Russian way of managing the economy is dumb indeed - unless you are one of the lucky few in a gold plated helicopter.
cms neuf   
3 Jan 2020
News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Somewhere in your Ivy League education did they tell you that the benefits of trade are a multiplication, not a simple addition of inflows and outflows of EU funds. That is stuff you would learn in freshman year.

Even more barmy is the idea that everyone had a home computer in the 1990s - I went to entire factories that did not have a computer,as late as 1999
cms neuf   
3 Jan 2020
History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]

In the stack for me - will try and read it later this month, my wife is listening to an audiobook but the narrator sounds like a Notariusz and I didn't think I could face it.

I notice that threads about culture are merged but threads about Muslims multiply.
cms neuf   
2 Jan 2020
News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

So, some people who live abroad and are too young to remember pre EU Poland don't appreciate the changes that have occurred.

Serbia and Croatia were roughly of equal wealth in 1989 - croatia is now. 4x richer.

Poland and ukraine were also roughly equal GDP per head in 1989 - Poland is now 4x richer.

Romania and Bulgaria are now 2x richer than Serbia, both have doubled wealth since 2007. Romania by the way is catching up fast with Poland.

The value of the EU is not in the handouts but in the opportunities it provides and which Polish business has taken full advantage of - something an Ivy League student like yourself should easily understand.
cms neuf   
2 Jan 2020
News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Instead of talking nonsense about Homo Sovieticus let's compare the countries that did join the EU in 2004 with those that did not.

Poland, Czech, Hungary, the Baltics , Slovakia, Slovenia vs Serbia, Macedonia, Albani, Ukraine, Moldova etc. in some cases these were in the same country 30 years ago but are now worlds apart.

Do you honestly think the Poles have a greater work ethic than the Ukrainians ?
cms neuf   
1 Jan 2020
News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

" A project that doesn't benefit Poland"

Since 2004 Poland is richer, safer, more investment, lower inflation, lower unemployment, longer life expectancy, less inequality, rising health standards, less smoking, less drinking, better roads, town centers that look totally different, money in the countryside for the first time where many people now have their first cars and computers,

Apart from church attendance can you name one measurable thing that has gone backwards in Poland since 2004 ?
cms neuf   
31 Dec 2019
Work / Self-employed American living in Poland? Is it possible? [54]

It is a big white elephant - from my hotel in Warsaw I can see only about a quarter of the flats are in use and it's been like that for several years.

As a place to live it makes no sense - if you have kids then there is no garden. If you are single then you could live in the Marriott or Intercontinental for about 25 years for the same price but have all your meals and get your room cleaned.
cms neuf   
30 Dec 2019
Work / Self-employed American living in Poland? Is it possible? [54]

Well I was thinking if you lived in some place like Tennessee or NC or Virginia then it is cheaper and there are plenty of middle of the road normal people there and a pleasant lifestyle.

You self declare your tax and if you are earning that much then they are unlikely to ask for a paper trail provided that you pay more or less on time each month - they don't get uptight if you are 2-3 days late.

Wouldn't worry too much about the currency - you might have bad months but it has been quite stable over 2 years. The Polish govts plans to give free money to half the country will probably keep the zloty quite soft for a while. I invoice sometimes in dollars, mostly in euro and sometimes zloty.
cms neuf   
29 Dec 2019
Work / Self-employed American living in Poland? Is it possible? [54]

Those kind of yields are very much the exception - I am lucky if I get 5 percent once I factor in taxes, running costs and even less if you include your own time. It's better than bank interest but no goldmine and quite difficult to manage efficiently if you don't speak Polish.

You will need to declare your US income and pay tax on it in Poland - goes with residence and not citizenship. However you will get some tax relief under a double tax treaty.

I think however that your life plan can work just be prepared for some hassle when you set up and don't burn your boats - make sure you have the option of moving back.

Why not just move to a cheaper part of the US ? That might give the same benefits but less risk and much easier for your business
cms neuf   
15 Dec 2019
News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]

It is nothing to do with the EU - what other countries do is their choice, there is no EU law on opening hours. In this region then I think it's only Slovenia that bans Sunday trading, Hungary tried but it only lasted a year because it was so unpopular.

In Poland I think about 40 percent of people support the ban - next year there will be no Sunday's open so that number might go down.