Balcerowicz: Taxpayer spending should not be determined by rotten eggs

PSL blamed the Minister's policy of lowering the budget deficit for an increase in unemployment and the impoverishment of various groups. Before the ballot Balcerowicz said, "The amount of money spent by a taxpayer should not be determined by the amount of rotten eggs hurled at government buildings," referring to Wednesday's farmers' trade union Samoobrona demonstration in Warsaw. "We should not allow Poland to be pushed towards the policy of empty money for welfare. This is a path to crisis," he added. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 1, Prawo i Gospodarka, page 1, Reuters)