“First of all, I would enter the Ministry of Finance building with the sink, fire the entire management, then 2/3 of the civil servants and I would make the biggest financial revolution ever,” announces Sławomir Mentzen in Rymanowski’s talk on Radio Zet. He is also convinced that Donald Tusk’s idea of home loans is 0 percent. it will serve private banks and the cost is seven times the 500 Plus program.
housing policy
The leader of the New Hope party referred to the idea of an interest-free home loan that Donald Tusk promised after taking office. According to him, this is a very bad idea, which entails huge costs and mainly benefits private banks.
It stimulates demand, not supply. Anyone who has ever dealt with economics knows that if we stimulate demand, the only result is an increase in price. If Tusk doesn’t believe it, let him go to the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Warsaw and ask any economist. Let him try to complete his first year of economics
– convinces Sławomir Mentzen.
If someone takes a loan of half a million zlotys, the interest on this loan during the repayment period will be 770,000. zloty. The cost of 500+ for one child before 18 years is PLN 108,000. This is 7 times more than 500 Plus. If someone wants to buy a flat for half a million zlotys and wants 2 children, Kaczyński and Tusk offer him one million zlotys. The question is who should pay and to whom and how much we will raise taxes to fund it
she asks.
Law or merchandise?
The famous slogan of the left, which says that housing is a right, not a commodity, was floated quite surprisingly by Tusk on the eve of parliamentary elections – the former Civic Platform prime minister, previously known for his dogmatically liberal narrative, was never associated with this kind of social sensitivity. Regardless of Tusk’s intentions, Sławomir Mentzen believes that housing should be treated as an ordinary good available on the free market.
Housing is a commodity and you have to pay for it. In a market economy, we buy the things we want. If we break away from that, we will move towards communism. If someone says that housing is a right, not a commodity, that people should be given housing, that is a very big step towards communism
says Menzen.
When asked by Bogdan Rymanowski whether a “free American” should enter the housing market in Poland, Mentzen had no hesitation.
Yes. The fewer rules, the fewer rules, the greater the availability of housing. The best example of Tokyo, which is a major global metropolis, where housing prices are not rising like in London or Paris, because building regulations there are very low and this allows Tokyo residents to live relatively cheaply
he answers.
Artificial intelligence in administration
The New Hope president is also under no illusions about what he would do first if his party won the parliamentary election. At the same time, he emphasizes that he would rather be finance minister than president.
First I would go into the Treasury building with the sink, fire the entire management, then 2/3 of the civil servants and I would make the biggest financial revolution ever.
When asked if Mentzen would fire Treasury officials, he replied that he would have no qualms about doing so.
I think they are skilled anyway, so they will find a job in the open market. They should be replaced by algorithms, artificial intelligence, which should prosecute criminals, check tax data and detect irregularities. The algorithms here are better than humans. The fact that people in Poland deal with this shows how outdated our state is.
Political scene
Mentzen’s opinion of Jarosław Kaczyński and Donald Tusk is not the best in Polish politics. He accuses both leaders of populism, while acknowledging that Donald Tusk is the biggest hypocrite on the Polish political scene.
They both represent the type of politician I detest – a populist who can promise anything as long as it has a positive effect on their columns. Power is the most important thing to them and they will go over dead bodies to get it
says Menzen.
When asked about the “Senacki Pact”, the Radio ZET guest answers in the negative and opts for an independent start.
We don’t make deals with the devil. We should join an organization with the left, presenting everything I disagree with. We go into politics not just to govern, but to change something
People fills in.
Biden’s visit
US President Joe Biden’s visit to Poland seems to be of little interest to the New Hope leader, who admits not paying much attention to it.
I was not. I didn’t listen, I didn’t read the content. What did he say that was so interesting that I should be interested? Even Jarosław Kaczyński was disappointed. They swore to this Biden that Poland is Bantustan, what kind of emperor comes here that you are not allowed to cross the street
he concludes.
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Source: wPolityce