LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Editor:
I just read the interview by Alexander Stocks (see the Business Journal, July 10-16) about the United States advising Poland about tax system implementation and I almost choked.
The United States should clean up its own tax system before advising others. After living in the United States for almost 30 years I can say that the tax system here is the most complicated ever and is getting worse. The compliance here is fairly high because most people are honest however there is plenty of discontent. This country started a revolution because of unfair taxes. I am not sure this will happen again because the people are not the same as those who lived in America over 200 years ago. The economic zamordyzm (short-leash tactics) is too well entrenched in the United States. God save Poland from American "tax advice!" But on the other hand, Poles have survived wars, invasions, partitions, Nazism and communism. We may be able to survive this too.
Mieczyslaw (Tony) Maciejowski
Sunnyvale, California
