News / 'Fort Trump' Military Base in Poland [537]

Amusing until he wants to get stuff done and then finds politicians from his own side voting against him.

Of course this nonsense plays well to a West Virginia audience - they are probably all out of their skullls on prescription opiates. I would've thought that highly educated person like you, product of one of America's elite universities, would've been able to see through this.

News / 'Fort Trump' Military Base in Poland [537]

That was before - now Trump wants to insulate Americans from the free market and force them to pay more for inferior home produced products. It's a message that resonates in Steubenville Ohio so it must be right.

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]

Ever tried to do business there Vlad ?

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]

Yeah right Canada.

What kind od reforms ? Rule of law, free markets, citizens rights - you know the script

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]

No it is not one of the richest now - but it is in the middle and has overtaken wvery other east european nation except Slovenia.

The poorest ? Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Serbia, Kosovo etc. What they all have in common is Russian intervention and a refusal to reform.

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]

Yes in 1939 they bombarded and destroyed many Eastern Polish cities with artillery. Whole villages were burned and the inhabitants slaughtered and raped during the Soviet advance at the end of the war,

Yes the USSR deported hundreds of thousands of Poles, basically just for being Polish,

Soviet rule left Poland one of the poorest countries in Europe by 1989.

News / 'Fort Trump' Military Base in Poland [537]

This is just surreal

News / 'Fort Trump' Military Base in Poland [537]

Yes that is right. Because it is a bigger country, with twice the population. The rates however are lower.

It might take several hours to explain this to you by the looks of it, so I will let someone else try.

News / 'Fort Trump' Military Base in Poland [537]

I know you went to an elite university but I cannot understand your statistics at all - when I use this site it is full of old data sometimes 10 years old, incomparable definitions, and in an any case most often shows Germany as being safer. Add to that the fact that in Poland most people know it s a waste of time involving the demotivated police. So find some reliable and up to date statistics.

Your point about education is ridiculous - you now seem obsessed by these spurious rankings of universities but start its more basic measures like who can read and write and do basic math. Of course US universities will be better - it's due to language and the fact that the best professors and students from all over the world generally speak English and want to work in English, when I was at US university I had teachers from Spain, Turkey, India, U.K., Italy etc etc.

News / 'Fort Trump' Military Base in Poland [537]

Cant wait. I would be extremely surprised if Germany has a higher rate of violent crimes or rapes than Poland but you can do your own research and prove your point if you want.

What is indisputable is that Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands et cetera all have higher life expectancy, better rates of health, more equal societies, better education not only than Poland but also rhan the US.

News / 'Fort Trump' Military Base in Poland [537]

It is more than the federal education budget. However it is many times less than the total spend on education in Germany - that is because education costs are the responsibility of the Lander and not the federal government.

Law / Unemployed Wife - Maternity in Poland / Parental leave for Father [4]

1 no
2 none
3 in theory then straight away. In reality then nobody is going to give her a job on a regular Polish ZUS eligible contract without her speaking or understanding Polish. I see more and more Indians employed in Warsaw but I doubt any of them on a full-time contract called Umowa Pracy

Life / Differences between Irish, British, Polish, American and other nations culture, tradition, music - loose talk [231]

What ? You dont like either American or British music ? INXS and ACDC it is then :)

Work / My experience leaving Canada and going to Poland to find a job [19]

In work the culture is about halfway between a European type and an Anglo Saxon type. Poles are learning modern business ways quickly but there are a dee differences

It is not expected that you will go to the oub every friday with your colleagues- rather the reverse that they will often scoot off a bit earlier to start the weekend

On the other hand you are expected to attend and be cheeerful at company events (which is normally a bbq and beers next to some lake).

Work / My experience leaving Canada and going to Poland to find a job [19]

Its become full of people obsessed with migration plus a few Russian trolls.

Your question is pretty general - what kind of business do you mean ? Western one or locally owned ? Small town or big city ?

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

How much money did you give to build Trumps wall Rich ?

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Yes - maybe Russian taxpayers could also tick a box to consent to paying for pimply twentysomethings to sit tweeting idiotic comments in a basement

News / Will eight million Polish people flock to the UK now that we are going for a hard Brexit? [38]

Not sure where you read that - we are very far from a deal. The British govts proposal is not supported by the Broths parliament or the population and is a non starter with the EU. At the moment leaving with no deal is the most likely outcome and it will be a disaster

Law / Selling 'imported' car within first year in Poland [7]

I don't understand that at all - Slovenia is in the EU just like Poland. Who is asking you to pay customs ?

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

These elite nazis would be over 100 now. Probably unable to go to the toilet unassisted, let alone take over Europe.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Yep - rather listen to someone whose principal achievement is to sit in a cold basement being paid to moan about abortion and immigration.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

There is some truly nutty economics on this thread. All of the stupid claims come from people who don't live in Poland and have little or no

experience of what it was like before 2004.

Yes EU funds are only 2% of GDP but trade with the EU, investment from EU companies, salaries deriving therefrom, spending all those salaries in the Polish economy et cetera et cetera adds up to more like 50% of GDP. Which makes sense because GDP has more than doubled since 2004.

Of course the zloty was getting stronger in 1999 - that's because accession talks had already started and it was clear that Poland would join the EU.

Of course the road building program is flawed but it is still a hell of a lot better than before 2004 when literally nothing was done. Want a comparison? Try driving around a non-EU country like Ukraine or Moldova.

The number of foreign investors in Poland since the start of EU accession talks has tripled. Yes some of the big boys came in before then - mainly those that could afford losses while the economy strengthened.

You have votes and voices in the US and your government they can spend money on whatever they like. How you suddenly decide that you know what is best for this economy from your Illinois bedrooms is beyond me.

Law / Non payment of child maintenance & court in Poland [17]

So you have your advice already - jail is rare but he needs to start paying and the problem wont go away unless he addresses it.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

No they cant. Tarriffs and non tarriff barriers have to be identical for all 28 countries.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Hungary has the same trade deal with China as the other 27 countries have - thats how the EU works.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

How about Juergen Koehler - won every honor in the game then sent off in his final game :((

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]

Lech is long dead Axel - this thread is about his brother Jaroslaw

News / Poland's Future in the EU under PIS [51]

No - that is total nonsense

there would be no bilateral deal with Germany, France, czech, italy etc. That is what the UK have just found out.

Any bilateral deals with other countries outside the EU are obviously going to be worse than the ones that the EU got to go see it - Polsnd would only have the negotiating power of one mid-sized quite poor country.

Were you alive in 2003? Do you really remember what any of the trade deals were like before EU membership? Remember higher prices for inferior products, huge queues at the border and lomg waits to get your stuff into the country?

Love / My Gf Cheated Me - a classic Polish girl move? [14]

Move on dude - she is not worth this heartache and as Maf says its nothing to do with her being Polish.

News / Poland's Future in the EU under PIS [51]

That's precisely it Maf - at the bery moment when pragmatism is needed she could only form a govt by getting the 10 votes from the Northern ireland protestants.

The catholic party Sinn Fein also has about 7 seats but they dont use their vote in parliament because I don't recognise themselves as part of Britain. If they did then they could probably bring down the government this time.

I can't see either Brexit or the Irish border problem being solved without another election.