News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

It is nonsense - like many Catholics I can make my own mind up about who to vote for and separate that from what I hear once a week in church or was taught when I was a kid.

Work / Minimum wage, multiple jobs and ZUS [3]

Depends on few factors - type of work, type of ZUS coverage etc - get a Polish speaker to talk you through the examples in the ZUS guide on umowa zlecenia

zus.pl/documents/10182/167567/Poradnik_umowy_cywilnoprawne/542ecb21-490d-4877-a27f-8524116f08fe

Or ask the HR dept of the second business. Or ask an accountant for clarity.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

That might be what the truth looks like to someone from Oshkosh or wherever who has never set foot in Poland. Makes about as much sense as me going on a Packers forum and sounding off about why they lost last night.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Exactly - you would think the Somalis would be happy with their minimalist state !

What actually happens there is the person most able to control security temporarily also controls food and water - no wonder people want to leave

Genealogy / Toboyek Surname Widnace Location Help [13]

Might be Swidnik rather than Swidnica - Swidnik was in the Russian partition and fits more with he other info.

Omelian is a Ukrainian version of Emilian - a Polish Christian name.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

But the Wikipedia link you sent talks about police, army and laws to protect property. This is a medieval system that would only ever benefit the people who had money at the time it was set up.

The state performs thousands of functions and generally the more advanced a state's role is the richer the country is - the highest living standards are in high tax countries, and mostly that comes with a good balance of freedom and citizens rights. I am generally a free markets, low tax person myself but I would rather live in Sweden than in Somalia.

There are some activitIes like public sanitation, protecting wildlife or looking after disabled people that will never be profitable - in your nightwatchman state then those people and animals would presumably be left in the street (except there would not be any streets because it's not profitable to maintain them).

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Nope - who would check your Japanese school was a real school ? Who would make sure those companies pension schemes invested it safely ?

Who would supervise airports ? The police can protect property but not stop people speeding (even though there wouldn't be any roads). Who would give accurate weather forecasts ? Who would make sure my beer wasn't poisonous ?

And the only place for police to recruit is in private primary schools ?

Btw - UK companies have pension schemes because it used to be the law. Where it is not the law (like in Poland) they don't have them. Chances of such a system being voluntarily implemented and self regulated are zero.

I'm not sure Harvard and Stanford are managed better - they are old and have the benefit of the English language to attract the worlds best teachers - just like state run Oxford and Cambridge which are always in those top 10 lists.

In Poland for instance stare run universities have far better students than most private ones.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

I dropped those because you said some people only measure economic benefits.

It is not only about NATO - the EU has a great deal of police and border cooperation. And war is less likely when your economies and supply chains are joined.

As for health then the EU makes drugs and equipment cheaper but rising living standards, lower unemployment all have huge effects on public health.

So what are the benefits of leaving the EU for a Pole, in Poland ?

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

God only knows this night watchman state thing withstands about 2 minutes of discussion. But it's surprisingly popular among Kowin Mike followers

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Ok - so tell me some of the soft or emotional benefits of Poland leaving the EU. And why would they outweigh health and security? Of course you spend no time here so you have not much to go on

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

And if you can't afford to go to Stanford ? What then ?

What about primary school ? What about teaching people to read and arithmetic ?

US life expectancy is lower than in high tax EU countries so why follow that rule ?

What about pensions ?

What about roads ?

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

And I guess that for you the drawbacks are something in relevant about immigration, something irrelevant about Muslims and something irrelevant about gay marriage?

Will be tough to convince people that those outweigh making a richer, safer, healthier, and having more opportunities.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

So in your night watchman state there is no education ? No roads? No health service ? No pensions ?

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Without doubt maybe a third of the city activities is idle speculation. But the other 2/3 is both useful and necessary and has financed great inventions from steam engines to railways to modern day computing and Pharma. I realize that those things could be funded by the government, as they were in communist Poland, and we all know what Polish technology was like in the 70s and 80s.

I don't know where this idea of becoming a second Singapore comes from and why it is attractive - there are already plenty such options in Europe, all small countries like luxembourg, Cyprus, Switzerland, Monaco etc. you can't run a low tax economy when you have got 60 million mouths to feed.

Britain has some fantastic industries where it is still a world leader- aerospace, pharma, finance, whisky, computing. Those are all industries that are going to be royally shafted by Brexit.

And yes it will take many years for the negative effects to be shown - I know that kind of reasoning doesn't appeal to Brexit voters who like Daily Express headlines and at the moment are getting wound up about a 19th-century alarm clock ringing

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

It's doing fine in the last week - the last 4 years is another story, a 20-25 percent decrease against all major currencies. Enough to kill off this airline with its tight profit magrins - though I understand BritIsh taxpayers are bailing it out, this will be the first in a long line of bailouts.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Difficult to have low taxes when they just promised everyone the moon on a stick to vote for them.

No chance of getting more taxes from corporations either - they will be leaving in droves or going bankrupt - in fact that has already started as I see FlyBe going down the tubes with the low sterling pushing up fuel and plane costs.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

No - your interpretation is incorrect - they said it could do better outside the EU. Asked a straightforward in/out it was 78 percent.

Now we can sit back and watch Britain make a pigs ear of Brexit, support for the EU is likely to rise

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

He is not an MEP - just a regular Posel. Not sure there is panic about Polexit - people who live here know the benefits of the EU which has near 80 percent support

Polonia / What is the opinion of Argentina in particular, and Southern America, in Poland? [6]

It is certainly not disliked - most people will have a positive and romantic view of Argentina - tango and steak and Messi plus quite a big Polonia. There is one Argentine star on the Polish TV - a judge on Poland's Got Talent :)

Work / English school or beauty salon in Poland? Business option [16]

Neither would be easy - on the Beauty salon then have a look at existing competition first and look for a gap. The market is growing quickly but rents are high in Olsztyn right now and you need to dip a toe in the water rather than commit to a fixed cost.

Lots of middle class Poles have a regular appointment for nails, Botox etc but I'm not sure they would be keen going to someone who did not speak Polish.

Off-Topic / Random movies (not Polish) proposed by forum users [98]

I love Mystic River - generally I like those Boston gangster movies.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Well our own government is already doing a great job of increasing power prices. Basically whatever kind of fuel is used the price will go up but with electric at least it can be produced domestically

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

I don't know - most but not all of our power is coal. The cost for 100I'm is about 30 percent of the petrol cost.

Ultimately it will happen - coal has problems but better that than relying on Putin and Saudis. Once other energy sources are viable I think electric cars will take off

One of the problems is that Poles who could afford the cars either live in expensive flats where they can't charge them or down unpaved roads 20km from cities in new mansions but don't want to break their axles in winter

Off-Topic / Random movies (not Polish) proposed by forum users [98]

Waiting for a really long flight before I tackle that - sure it's good but makes no sense to go with the wife and even less sense to sit alone in the cinema for four hours

Life / Best over the counter flu medicine in Poland? [24]

Gripex isn't available online at Rossmann so there there's probably some legal or regulatory reason for that - you could try a few other websites.

So you probably will need to go to a physical shop, at least the weather isn't so bad at the moment.

I never heard of the other thing yes

Study / 90% of Poles have university degree? [57]

This thread is not about Britain and certainly not about Muslims - there are several hundred other threads discussing that subject at links Dash and I am sure there are thousands of forums that you could join to talk about Muslims.

Getting back to the subject, in my line of work I would be very hesitant about recruiting or even interviewing someone who hadn't been to University.

Fine if someone had a couple of years working after school and then decided to study, but if they totally think they can get through life without further education and still get a decent job with good prospects then I would not always want to take a chance on them.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Well done - shrewd move !

Someone told me today there are still only about 3000 electric cars on the road in Poland. Not sure how many hybrids but could be quite a few

Study / 90% of Poles have university degree? [57]

God knows why you are talking about British and US universities - this thread is about Poland.

When you were younger they were lots of factory jobs and it was possible to earn a good living without going to university. Those jobs have either moved abroad,or been replaced by machines ( that were designed by people who went to university]'

The jobs that have the replaced them - in finance, IT, services, pharmacy ,, etc. generally require different skills and often more formal education.

That is particularly true in Poland where heavy industry has shrunk very much since the end of communism.

Work / Moving to Poland from Ireland - starting a professional life [32]

Good luck :) it is certainly an easier place to live than it was 10 years ago. Maybe start off teaching English or doing call center work while you research other business ideas. Also try not to live anywhere too remote if you don't speak Polish - in towns it is much easier to find English speakers

Work / Moving to Poland from Ireland - starting a professional life [32]

Well a few questions

- do you speak Polish or at least understand a bit ? Without that then running your own business will be quite challenging.
- are you qualified as a teacher (you will need some kind of TEFL qualification which takes a few months). I don't think it's so easy these days just to turn up and start teaching.

- what job do you have in Ireland - any skills that might help you here ?