Poverty is not talked about in Poland - it is a taboo subject.

I don't know if I got it right but Gabi from Greece questioned that there is no poverty in Poland. I'm not questioning poverty in Greece, but I want to show the scale of the problem in Poland. Compared to the characters below, I don't have the right to complain. However, the number of people living below the minimum is growing. Tax officers "just doing their job" and bailiffs are collecting more and more money.

I don't have time to write my thesis, also I apologize for being laconic.

 

 

 

Of course homeless people are all over the world. So let's talk about the scale of poverty in PL.

 

 

I have seen images like this many times:

 

 

 

Some theory:

Alarming data:

"According to CSO data published in the report "Poverty in Poland 2012″ in the sphere of extreme poverty were 2.1 million Poles. This means that in 2012 about 6.7 percent of people lived below the so-called minimum subsistence level, which in 2012 amounted to PLN 519 per month for a one-person household and respectively PLN 1771.96 for a family of four workers.

Between 2005 and 2010 the percentage of Poles living in extreme poverty decreased almost by half (from 12.5 percent in 2005 to 5.7 percent in 2010), while from 2011 we can observe a slow increase of the indicator to the level of 6.7 percent. So we cannot rest on our laurels and consider that the problem of poverty in Poland no longer exists. However, it is worth emphasizing here that the radical opinions often expressed in the press about the problem of poverty expanding alarmingly fast are not confirmed by the results of research.

The scale of poverty has remained virtually unchanged for four years, roughly since the start of the financial crisis. However, it is worth noting the alarming data on the structure of poverty, which show that children and young people are more likely than average to be poor."

http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/alarmujace-dane-w-sprawie-biedy-w-polsce/plek3

 

The poverty line is 1355 PLN net per month

The poverty line for a person is set by the income which is 60% of the median in a given country. In Poland the median salary according to GUS is 3100 PLN gross (2200 PLN net), so the poverty line is set by the monthly income of 1850 PLN gross (1355 PLN net). It has to be written directly - people with a monthly income of less than about 1355 PLN per month are poor by definition.

The relative working poor are people who receive an income that is insufficient to provide a subsistence level of living and social needs in the community. It is variable in nature and depends not only on income but also on the level of inequality between the poor and the wealthy. What is important is that a working poor person has practically no possibility of saving an amount which, if invested in education, would contribute to increasing his or her salary. In Poland, the percentage of relatively poor workers is as high as 14.9%. This is 4 pp less than 10 years ago.

In Poland 10% working full year are the so-called working poor. For comparison, in the Czech Republic the percentage is 3.7%; in Finland - 3.3%. Worse conditions than in Poland are found in Romania, where the percentage is almost 18%, and in Greece, where the working poor constitute 12.4% of the total number of workers.

Significantly, among those employed under an employment contract in Poland, the percentage of the poor is 7%. Among those earning outside of an employment relationship, the percentage is 25%. The risk of poverty increases in those households where the abundance of work is low, i.e., the income of one person is shared by a large number of other family members.

Nearly one in four workers are poor workers

The percentage of the poor among households where both parents work is 6%. There is no doubt that the households most at risk of poverty are families with many children, where only one member of the family (father or mother) is gainfully employed - as many as 42% of such families live in poverty.

In Poland, in-work poverty is a downplayed problem. Those in power do not seem to notice that 23.1% working Poles earn less than 2/3 of the country's median wage.

Poor and badly paid employees are not only more frustrated and susceptible to political populism, but above all less productive, more inclined to e.g. petty theft, avoiding responsibility for company assets, less loyal to maintaining e.g. internal secrets, etc. This has a great impact on the competitiveness of the company and its ability to survive, e.g. in times of crisis.

The gap between labor productivity and wages is about 20%. Our wages are undervalued by about that much. Even if employers cannot afford to increase wages, there are tax measures that could motivate them to do so. At the same time, the state should introduce more relief for low-income earners (increase the tax-free amount, introduce a housing tax credit or a relief for people who rent apartments, etc.

http://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/W-Polsce-co-siodmy-pracownik-to-tzw-biedny-pracujacy-7235030.html

 

 

 

 

It is mainly due to the lack of money that the population of Poles is decreasing. I think this forecast is optimistic:

 

 

 

 

So who in Poland does not see poverty?

 

 

 

Politicians, people living with their own egos or Poles abroad.

 

 

 

A bunch of beautiful people claim: "let's seek the kingdom of heaven first" without seeing the problem of others. It's fun to blindly vote for PIS or psl because it doesn't cost you anything. But it costs the poorest people. I used to be in politics not for myself. I wanted a different Poland. This blog was also created to fight against oppression, but as far as I can see, a beautiful spirit sometimes prevails over social sensitivity.

Someone who thinks things are good in Poland simply has it too good.