Public skeptical of Kolodko's proposals to write-off company debts

A survey by the Social Opinion Research Center (CBOS) found that the government cannot count on public support for the idea of canceling debts of state-owned companies in order to save them from going bankrupt. Only 15% said that this is a good way to help endangered companies, while 14% believe that it is prospering companies and the average working person that will end up paying for it. About 26% agree that while the government may cancel current financial obligations, writing-off old debts should not be allowed. Just under 23% agree that state guarantees should be given to the banks crediting companies in financial trouble. Only 7% of the public agreed that the debts of private enterprises should be annulled. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 2; Zycie, p. 9) A.D.