One thousand zlotys for train tickets for the whole family. “I can’t afford it. I’ll drive an old car that smokes a lot”

– Increases in PKP Intercity are explained by inflation, but the bad policy of the Monetary Policy Council is behind it – said Dr. Jakub Karnowski in the “Newsroom” WP program from the Warsaw School of Economics and the Economic Freedom Foundation. – However, the most important thing is management in PKP, which will receive a subsidy from the state budget in the amount of PLN 2 billion from our taxes. At the same time, corporate debt and ticket prices are rising. If the railway is mismanaged, this is the result. It is consumers who should assess whether the increases in PKP are justified. I believe that if PKP had competent people and wise trade unions that care about the interests of railway customers, we would have lower ticket prices today. This is Bareja. We have a large PKP holding company with many companies and management boards, and when there are problems, the prime minister comes out and calls his minister and says that the tickets are to be lower. At the same time, PKP receives a gigantic subsidy from the state. Is it a free market economy? What…