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Premier says no recession for Poland [148]
What might cause a problem is if too many people leave rural areas and fewer available to do the agricultural work -- same problem happened in the UK.
Having spent most of my life in rural communities, I would say this statement is wide of the mark. At the age of 12 I was milking cows and generally helping out on the farms. Nearly 40 years ago. Over the next 10 years things changed dramatically. Hedges were removed to make fields bigger and bigger tractors, harvesters and a general improvement in the efficiency of machinery reduced the need for labour on farms except when seasonal harvests required. At the same time the middle class began their drift from the big cities in search of a better environment to bring up their children forcing up house prices. Big houses remained cheap in the early eighties in rural England but prohibitively expensive to run.
Now very few people work in farming daily. There isn't the work except seasonally and the supermarkets have driven prices at source so low that seasonal work is not financially viable unless you live in multi occupancy. Drive through Boston in Lincolnshire @ 5am to see the effect low prices and low wages have had. It must be tough in Poland, Lithuanian etc. if your desperate enough to stand out in all weathers in the vain hope your going to get chosen to work that day.
Very few Poles are doing alright and the majority is either full of debts or in big sh... or both.
From what I hear from my partners friends in Poland, I believe you are correct. 82 hrs a week for 1200zlt/month and 5 mouths to feed. Ouch! Heard this last week. A couple of weeks ago someone we know borrowed 40,000zlt to pay off his mothers finance debts on 2000zlt a month income. Long time paying that one. Probably would have got less time for insuring her and throwing her off the balcony if he got caught. I find it amazing people on here refuse to accept there is abject poverty in Poland. I would suggest some broaden there social circles or open their eyes. It also seems the root of this evil is unscrupulous employers that pay low wages to avoid taxes and compensate with cash. It appears to happen everywhere. I do wonder how bigger businesses get away with this, but I guess as they are corrupt, then someone above is also corrupt.
Wrocław is full of brats sorry I mean children, almost everywhere.
When people can't afford to go out, they turn to other activities. Don't I just know it. Number 3 in January.
Hundreds of schools closing and 8-10,000 teaching jobs going says it all. It's far more financially attractive having a baby in the UK if your Polish. £500 bonus just for starters so the Polish mums tell us.
