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Poland invades Germany: cheap homes the lure in game of catch-up
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| April 16, 2005
| By Kate Connolly in Penkun
Posted on 04/15/2005 1:57:26 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: Grzegorz 246
The Poles are moving to Germany, buying cheap houses, but where will they work with German unemployment so high??
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04/15/2005 1:58:58 PM PDT
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RushCrush
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04/15/2005 2:00:03 PM PDT
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Spktyr
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To: Grzegorz 246
Hah! If the Fuehrer could only see this now!
I love it.
In fact, I should buy some.
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posted on
04/15/2005 2:01:23 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: Grzegorz 246
"They are attracted by average prices of around €17,500 ($29,300) for a family home in good repair "
What??
To hell with the Boston real estate market - I'm movin' to Prussia!
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04/15/2005 2:01:48 PM PDT
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warsaw44
To: Spktyr
So why aren't the Germans moving to the borders, working in Poland?
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posted on
04/15/2005 2:02:12 PM PDT
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RushCrush
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To: RushCrush
The article says they are working in Poland, just across the border.
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posted on
04/15/2005 2:02:25 PM PDT
by
Old Mountain man
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
To: RushCrush
Many of them buy houses a few miles away from the border, beside German unemployment rate is much lower than Polish.
To: RushCrush
So why aren't the Germans moving to the borders, working in Poland?Give it time.
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posted on
04/15/2005 2:03:55 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
To: RushCrush
Because while many Polish speak German, few Germans speak Polish. That, and there is some odd reason why Germans can't find employment in Poland... I wonder whatever that could be....
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04/15/2005 2:04:37 PM PDT
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Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: RushCrush
Because German unemployment rate is much lower than Polish. Also their social benefits are higher than average salary in Poland.
To: Spktyr
That's exactly what I thought.
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posted on
04/15/2005 2:05:02 PM PDT
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RushCrush
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To: RushCrush
The Poles are moving to Germany, buying cheap houses, but where will they work with German unemployment so high??Chicago. ;)
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04/15/2005 2:05:56 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
To: dfwgator
Tell me about it. I live part-time in Chicago. Love the polish delis!
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04/15/2005 2:06:33 PM PDT
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RushCrush
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To: Grzegorz 246
I wonder if they have to pay double taxes like so many people, if they don't have property tax but it is based on income that could really hurt.
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04/15/2005 2:13:10 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for not reading the whole article since 1999)
To: Grzegorz 246
"Many of them buy houses a few miles away from the border, beside German unemployment rate is much lower than Polish."
The overall unemployment rate might be lower, but it isn't lower in this area, which is the former East Germany. The rush of investment and new jobs just hasn't happened, at least not nearly to the degree predicted. As a result, towns are emptying out as people relocate to other areas to find work. Or, at least that is my understanding.
To: Abathar
If they are Polish citizens and work in Poland then they pay taxes in Poland, besides there would be nothing left If they had to pay double taxes.
To: Grzegorz 246; rmlew; Cacique
You gotta love it. Instead of Germans moving "Ost," the Poles are moving west.
C'mon Polish cousins, let's push them back to the Rhine! ;-)
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posted on
04/15/2005 2:20:44 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms: The Other Holy Trinity)
To: Clemenza
It must have happened some day. Moscow will be next.
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