800 plus not for everyone anymore? Surprising words of the president
I am open to all discussions about 800 plus – said President Karol Nawrocki in Polsat News. Recently, a limitation of benefits has been proposed only for the working people.
– Of course, I am open to all discussions about 800 plus and this 800 plus paid to Ukrainians and this 800 plus paid to people who do not quite need this type of benefit – In Polsat News, President Karol Nawrocki, asked about possible changes in the 800 plus program, said in Polsat News.
Karol Nawrocki accepts changes in 800 plus?
The president pointed out that every possible change should result from a thoughtful strategy, and not to be the result of ad hoc decisions. – It is necessary to conduct a Polish demographic policy in a planned manner Nawrocki said.
Recently, it has been loud about the proposal of the Polish People’s Party regarding the limit of 800 plus for the working people. – Appreciating work, hard -working people, paying taxes, this should be a strategy for us, for Poland, for the Polish government number one. Keep social support for those who need it, but 800 plus only for the working people – At the end of July said PSL President Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the celebration of the 130th anniversary of the People’s Movement.
The SW Research survey for “Wprost” last week shows that more than half of Poles agree with the proposal of the people.
To the question “Do you support the proposal of Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on restriction of 800 plus only for working people” as much as 54.4 percent. respondents answered affirmatively. Every fourth respondent (26.5 percent) does not want changes in the program, and every fifth (19.2 percent) has no opinion on this matter.
Next year it will be 10 years since the 500 plus program is introduced. At the beginning of 2024, the benefit was valorized to PLN 800. For the first three years, it was only entitled to the second and subsequent children (in the case of the first income criterion), in 2019 they were also expanded to the first child. The work criterion has not yet been in force.
