News / Homosexual lobby steps up infiltration in Poland [110]


You do realise that the APA (and all other similar institutions, such as the famous PANY) decide everything by votes?

Law / Refused Poland's citizenship from Polish president, what to do now? [47]


B1 (or higher) certificate in Polish, plus all the same requirements as when you originally applied for permanent residence.

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]


I've seen a vast amount of annoying hipsters in one cafe there, does it count?

Didn't see any perverts, though. Disappointing.

Law / Refused Poland's citizenship from Polish president, what to do now? [47]

You can apply directly to the President, but your chances of success are very slim.

It's only B1, come on.

News / Janusz Korwin Mikke - controversial Polish politician [43]

He didn't stab himself, didn't you listen to JKM?

The fact that he had Nowa Prawica on the verge of becoming an established party in Poland which would attract public funding, then managed to destroy Nowa Prawica says it all about him.

News / Janusz Korwin Mikke - controversial Polish politician [43]


Bwhahahaa, you really are making it all up now :D He didn't say that. It was speculation from someone else. Slight difference, and a world of difference away from admitting to having ordered such a thing.

News / Janusz Korwin Mikke - controversial Polish politician [43]

They're mostly football hooligans belonging to firms that hate Warsaw (so pretty much everyone except possibly Wisla Krakow and Slask Wroclaw fans, although their agreement has been dissolved). Any excuse to smash up Warsaw is a good one, and I know of a guy who openly admits that their sole purpose in attending is to destroy Warsaw.

News / Janusz Korwin Mikke - controversial Polish politician [43]


Not me that claimed that he was a man of the free market ;)

Wasn't the "social market economy" rather the work of the SLD, by the way? You'll know better than me, but weren't the SLD still quite social democratic in the 1993-1997 period?


Hahahaha. Meeting one group of people means nothing - as I showed you, Duda signed a concordat of sorts with Solidarność requiring him to try and implement policies that directly contradict the free market. Anyway, if he believed in the free market, why would he promise huge amounts of welfare?


Hahahahahaha. Now you're really making me laugh :D PO have very little to do with the trade unions - they're forced into cooperating with them because of the constant threats of strikes, but in general, PO are not allied at all with trade unions. Do stop posting such rubbish :D


Bwahahahaa. Come back when you've actually reached voting age ;)

If this was true, why are all the best universities in Poland public universities? The private ones have had 25 years to try and catch up, yet only really Kozminski (or however it's spelt...) is anywhere near the standard needed.


This is just too much :D

Korwin-Mikke has nowhere near that level of support. Nowa Prawica (which was much more than just JKM at that point) won only 580,000 votes in the European elections last year. Those elections are always associated with a high protest vote (InPolska, didn't the FN win big in those elections too in France?) - and cannot be taken seriously. In a non-proportional election (the Presidential election) - JKM won a mere 486,000 votes.

The real support for Korwin-Mikke is around 2-3%.


Sorry, but your nation is already under the control of Germany. Deal with it.

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]


Poor them if they immediately associated a biblical symbol with perversion and degeneration. While I agree that there's plenty of both in the Bible, it seems a bit strange to confuse a symbol of hope with such things.


sermons4kids.com/colors_of_the_rainbow.htm

Worth a read, and worth taking into account.


Don't you think that the idea of salvation fits perfectly with the idea of the rainbow?

As for local residents, most of them weren't there before 1945 anyway, so who cares about their feelings?

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]

Shame. It was a nice touch in the city, and I thought it was a very pretty rainbow when I stumbled across it a while ago.

Yet more short sighted decision making - the rainbow provided a focal point to the square, and if people get upset with biblical imagery, well, it's their problem ;) Strange that people would get so upset over a rainbow though - but I guess if someone thinks about gay sex constantly, then...

News / Coal-Powered Poland Refuses to "Go Green". EU Ain't Happy. [304]


It fits entirely in with their electorate - uneducated and menial working.

Still, nice to see that PiS is now officially the political arm of Solidarność.

History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]


Perhaps you might explain why people were whistling and acting like utter tw*ts, then?

Life / What is Poland's view on obesity? How healthy, fit are Poles? [166]


To be fair, summer is great - it's winter when the choice is ridiculously poor. But it can still be done, just that it's not very varied.

Life / What is Poland's view on obesity? How healthy, fit are Poles? [166]


Would you eat fish from the horror that is the Baltic? I wouldn't... :)


Yes! I've noticed this as well - it's especially obvious if you go into Biedronka or other similar shops. There's plenty of decent stuff there (I'm forever making salads from there) - yet people are just buying rolls, sausages and all sorts of other crap.


But even then - think about what you can buy in season. There's plenty of decent stuff available, and it doesn't take much effort to make seasonal salads. Even in the depths of winter, it's still perfectly possible to make decent soups using cheap local produce.

But why make a decent salad when you can just feed chips, sausages and bread to your obese child instead?

Life / What is Poland's view on obesity? How healthy, fit are Poles? [166]


Yes, it wouldn't be a bad idea at all. They're getting there with the ban on junk being sold in schools, but it's a long way yet.

Speaking of the ban on junk food in schools, there's been a huge amount of moaning by the people that operate such shops. Apparently kids won't buy healthy food, so they just won't buy anything at all. Boo hoo.

Having said that, the big problem with upping the tax on such things is that the money would probably be spent on social measures to help those most likely to buy such crap, so it's a vicious circle.

Law / Poland's residence permit lost abroad? [11]

Is he from a country that Poland requires entry visas from?

Law / Poland's residence permit lost abroad? [11]

Report it to the police and try and get copies of any documents (such as a decision letter) and all will be well.

News / Poland's indecent junk capitalism? [53]


This is because of the idiocy of the NFZ not paying for hospital stays less than 3 days. It's absurd, and I can't figure out why they're doing it, especially for small routine operations.

News / Poland's indecent junk capitalism? [53]


It's the classic case of having to justify their existence, so more and more nonsense is created in order to justify it.

I'm personally of the opinion that the biggest mistake was not to draw a line in 1990 and say that any pension contributions made between 1947 and 1990 would no longer be recognised, or that they would only be counted at the black market value and not the actual numeric value. It's utter nonsense that the pre-1989 złoty was worth far less than the PRL claimed it to be worth, yet ZUS still recognises those contributions on the actual numeric amount. We're essentially massively subsidising pensioners as a result.

News / New poll before the autumn elections in Poland [14]

Remember, victory means putting together a viable government. Winning the most votes isn't enough.

News / New poll before the autumn elections in Poland [14]

I can't stand him as well, and even many PiS voters seem to absolutely hate him. He's embraced Ruch Narodowy, and for that reason, I hope he gets absolutely crushed in the election. The fact that he's associating with all the black sheep of Polish politics says it all - the guy is desperately clutching at straws to find some support among the establishment.

But I wish for a genuinely liberal party. Perhaps NowoczesnaPL will be it...

News / New poll before the autumn elections in Poland [14]


I think a lot is resting on Duda - if he vetoes laws and starts to massively interfere with the running of the country, the PiS vote will collapse. The problem that PiS have is that they might be in the horrific situation of getting 37-38% of the vote and then not having any coalition partner.

I wouldn't be terribly shocked if PiS entered a coalition with the likes of the SLD, however.


Yep. I'm not allied to any party, although I can't stand PiS and Kukiz. I tend to vote for the best candidate from the rest.

News / New poll before the autumn elections in Poland [14]

Summer holidays. PO voters are away, PiS voters are at home ;)

News / Poland's indecent junk capitalism? [53]


Yep, it's exactly the problem. It's so fundamentally unfair to expect them to pay 30%+ in compulsory taxation.

If someone is bright enough to open a company, then they should be able to take responsibility for their own pension payments. The fact that Poles might choose to spend everything rather than saving is their problem - make them sign a very clear document saying that if they choose not to save, then they will have nothing in their retirement and the state won't help them. Allow pension contributions to be tax-deductible (like at present) and everything will be fine.

News / Poland's indecent junk capitalism? [53]


Well, not so much - obligatory contributions are just short of 1,100zl. The extra 200zl is optional.


It all goes back to political realities - KRUS is a huge money sink and should be abolished (and was only ever introduced in order to bribe rural farming morons to support the government rather than the SLD), but almost every government relies on the PSL vote in some way and so we have the current situation. Add that to the fact that a lot of people were bribed during Communist times with early retirement, and you've got a funding gap that can only be made up by screwing the small business owners.

Another thing that's fundamentally unfair - why is it that someone can have a company worth several million and only pay 1100, while the small shop owner has to pay the same?


The problem seems to be a lack of organisation - not all business owners are bothered by ZUS (let's say you earn 10,000zl gross a month - 1100zl means a social security rate is 11%, which is nothing), but they're bothered by other things such as being forced to use a kasa fiskalna, etc etc.

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]


Oh yes. Adam Hofman was an excellent example.


thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/186888,Opposition-MPs-kicked-out-of-party-after-travel-expenses-fraud

Wasn't only him, but he was certainly the highest profile fraudster.

Any other examples? Remember, this thread is about PiS and crimes committed by PiS members.

News / Poland's indecent junk capitalism? [53]


Yes, it is a huge problem now. Logical would be to allow people to opt-out of pension payments, but then again, who will pay for the millions that took early retirement?

News / Poland's indecent junk capitalism? [53]


Not quite. She'll get 80% for the year of maternity leave and 100% for the sick leave (up to half a year...) as far as I know. ZUS pays for it, which might explain a lot... ;)

But this is actually the biggest problem for women - so many have used and abused pregnancy that no employer would take a female on umowa o prace between the age of 25-40. ZUS apparently does conduct controls, but they're obviously not strong enough. In my view, the employer should be entitled to conduct their own checks - if someone is genuinely on sick leave during pregnancy, they certainly shouldn't be in shopping centres!

News / Poland's indecent junk capitalism? [53]


Well, what I mean is that some of the more insane provisions (such as the trade union "inspector" being untouchable in work) should be abolished. Of course, the more normal protections should be kept - but for instance, employers should be allowed to inspect whether or not someone is genuinely sick. If Agnieszka is seen in the shopping centre trying on new dresses when she's on sick leave (when pregnant) - then the employer (rather than ZUS) should be allowed to instantly dismiss her for gross misconduct.

I don't think anyone minds that a woman should be able to return to work to the same job and the same conditions, but I do understand why employers get incredibly angry when someone sees two lines on the test and immediately runs off for sick leave.


Out of curiosity, was it your choice to work in such a way?


Yes, a friend works in this way. He makes it clear from the beginning that the project is new and won't necessarily succeed, but he agrees set goals with the entire team at the beginning. If they meet the goals (and the project succeeds) - then they are given full contracts without time limits as the project is now self financing. It seems to work well.