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Article: Poland Business Report Daily.
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- Poland Business Report Daily
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- October 15, 2003
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Polish government's 2004 budget bill damned by MPs for not helping poor, for not cutting deficits
The Polish government's PLN 198 bln 2004 budget bill received a chorus of laments during its first reading in the lower house Wednesday both from those expecting a left-of-center cabinet to help out the plight of the poor or unemployed with more spending and from liberals demanding fiscal control and lower deficits.
But Finance Minister Andrzej Raczko defended the government's bill as sticking to "Belka Rule" of limited budget spending increases within the guidance of inflation plus 1%. To Raczko's eye, "a budget is to be judged by ...