Red Tape Hot Box on Unemployment
Of course, the fact that there are three million unemployed in our country is not something to be happy about. With the unemployment rate several times higher than average (i.e. 4-5 percent) you can't just pretend that the situation is normal, and it mustn't be ignored. The frustration of the poor, unemployed or social workers is due to material poverty and a feeling of uselessness and is above all directed at those who are supposedly guilty of this fact. However, there are plenty of cheap agitators who are only too happy to take advantage of this difficult situation to play on people's emotions. Which means that the free market and the capitalist system are left to blame for all the misfortunes (not the government, of course). The agitators love to remind society of the golden days, when there was full employment under the centralized economy. For these people, it is irrelevant that in the long run this "golden" system was inefficient and went bankrupt pulling all the national economy down with it. They conveniently forget to mention that it's pointless producing things that are of poor quality and for which there is no demand. Instead, they preach that during those days national factories gave employment to everyone.
Unfortunately, they forget to add that these companies were also constantly being subsidized by the government because most of them were either unprofitable or on the verge of bankruptcy. They also forget that during the days of transformation, when unemployment was slowly rising, GDP increased by 30 percent while Poles were able to equip themselves with TVs, videos, mobile phones and cars.
Though it's true that in the free market economy the growing disproportion between income and wealth may be frustrating for many, we can't forget that it is precisely social inequality that is a necessary condition for growth. This opportunity for individual economic success is a factor that stimulates working efficiency. If you can't make money and you can't be wealthy, there will be no progress and everyone will be poor. Of course, at present, little progress can be made whilst unemployment is horrendously high. This is due to the fact that our government has chosen the "third way" meaning: social benefits for many, not enough privatization and populist decisions that have all made our market less competitive overall while creating high unemployment. But that's another matter that shouldn't really be discussed right now. After all, we are surrounded by pessimistic news all year round, whereas an optimistic event such as New Year, happens only once a year. I don't want to spoil that.
Unfortunately, they forget to add that these companies were also constantly being subsidized by the government because most of them were either unprofitable or on the verge of bankruptcy. They also forget that during the days of transformation, when unemployment was slowly rising, GDP increased by 30 percent while Poles were able to equip themselves with TVs, videos, mobile phones and cars.
Though it's true that in the free market economy the growing disproportion between income and wealth may be frustrating for many, we can't forget that it is precisely social inequality that is a necessary condition for growth. This opportunity for individual economic success is a factor that stimulates working efficiency. If you can't make money and you can't be wealthy, there will be no progress and everyone will be poor. Of course, at present, little progress can be made whilst unemployment is horrendously high. This is due to the fact that our government has chosen the "third way" meaning: social benefits for many, not enough privatization and populist decisions that have all made our market less competitive overall while creating high unemployment. But that's another matter that shouldn't really be discussed right now. After all, we are surrounded by pessimistic news all year round, whereas an optimistic event such as New Year, happens only once a year. I don't want to spoil that.
