A rising tax debate in Poland should be giving the Polish press a good opportunity to prove a penchant for sniffing out the influence of special interest groups and decrying the servility of a government to its narrowest base constituency. >>

Deputy Finance Minister Stanislaw Gomulka is old school. Omnipresent in the mainstream press, he lays out fiscal and tax policy vision with detail usually saved for boring professional journals. The man even speaks openly about what social groups might pay the price and fund his policy projects. Prime Minister Donald Tusk is new school, having learned the hard way.  >>