POLAND, how is it getting rich?

[Old Greg]

I agree.

Taking the 2017 figs and amounts;

Assuming all 31,940 only have 1 kid = ~£34.4M
Assuming all 31,940 only have 2 kids = ~£57.1M

and that has to assume all 31,940 come from Poland, which is practically impossible to assume.

They are not insignificant numbers, that however, is a different discussion to be had.

20,085 families
31,940 children

About 80% from Poland at a guess.

CBA to work out the total.

There are approx. 911,000 Poles in the UK.

[scooterscot]

That'll explain why Poland's military has managed to expand its armed forces at such at rate, all thanks to the CBA.


WATCH OUT PUTIN: Poland to spend £42 BILLION on its army to counter Russian aggression

[TheGreenBastard]

Breakdown of Poland’s finances with the EU in 2016:

• Total EU spending in Poland: € 10.638 billion
• Total EU spending as % of Polish gross national income (GNI): 2.61 %
• Total Polish contribution to the EU budget: € 3.553 billion
• Polish contribution to the EU budget as % of its GNI: 0.87 %

Massive welfare recipients.

[Old Greg]

Breakdown of Poland’s finances with the EU in 2016:

• Total EU spending in Poland: € 10.638 billion
• Total EU spending as % of Polish gross national income (GNI): 2.61 %
• Total Polish contribution to the EU budget: € 3.553 billion
• Polish contribution to the EU budget as % of its GNI: 0.87 %

Massive welfare recipients.

Reasonable reparations for being sold down the river to the USSR in 1943.

[Bean]

Breakdown of Poland’s finances with the EU in 2016:

• Total EU spending in Poland: € 10.638 billion
• Total EU spending as % of Polish gross national income (GNI): 2.61 %
• Total Polish contribution to the EU budget: € 3.553 billion
• Polish contribution to the EU budget as % of its GNI: 0.87 %

Massive welfare recipients.

Or to put it another way, Poland receives (10.638/3.553) ~3 times more from the EU, than it pays into the EU.

[m0n1k3r]

What about Polish levels of wages? Would certainly explain why they par far less tax.

Around €50k pa for software engineers at the office where I work. And half the cost of living v the UK.

[scooterscot]

Sounds like you're saying the UK is fooked?

la la not listening, Sunny uplands & blue passports ahead captain.

[Whorty]

Not me.

Just setting expectations for Old Greg, wrt an answer to their question - nobody can quantify it.

And yet the easily led that read the Daily Wail believe the whole of the Polish population is at it, and once we come out of Europe suddenly this will solve all these kinds of fictitious problems.

[Hobosapien]

Reasonable reparations for being sold down the river to the USSR in 1943.

So we can look forward to future reparations for being sold down the river in 2016.

[BlasterBates]

Breakdown of Poland’s finances with the EU in 2016:

• Total EU spending in Poland: € 10.638 billion
• Total EU spending as % of Polish gross national income (GNI): 2.61 %
• Total Polish contribution to the EU budget: € 3.553 billion
• Polish contribution to the EU budget as % of its GNI: 0.87 %

Massive welfare recipients.

Polish economy has grown by 200 billion since 2004 so your figures don't add up, that is 200 billion per year compared to 6 billion from the EU.