Yuppie Scum Government Starts Economic "Therapy"

The Civic Platform Party won Sunday's elections in Poland as millions of angry Poles flocked to the ballot boxes to "vote out" the government of Jaroslaw Kaczynski which had been busy trying to carry out purges of all the "dangerous elements" from public life - the government, educational system and even the media. What the people got was a party of heartless yuppie scum eager to employ Thatcherism as soon as possible and get the money rolling in the direction of their corporate friends and sponsors.

Within less than 24 hours after their victory, the "Platformers" had announced their plans to introduce not only a flat tax, but a single flat tax of 15% for both personal income tax and corporate. And then a new wave of privatization. (The state treasury still holds shares in about 1200 industries. This includes famous places like the Ciegelski factory in Poznań where there have been many workers' struggles recently. It's 100% state owned.)
The third promise of the week is to raise the retirement age to 67.

We can assume that this will be followed by the usual budget cuts, the privatization of the public health care system, the reduction of certain benefits to farmers and "reform" of the pension system.