Hungary's Plans For Internet Tax On Hold After Protests

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 31, 2014 @02:15AM from the gigabit-off-more-than-they-could-chew dept.

An anonymous reader writes: When news broke last week that the Hungarian government was planning to tax internet traffic at a rate of about 62 cents per gigabyte, people on the internet were outraged. But it went beyond that: there were protests in the streets in Hungary, and the European Union warned against the plan. Now, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has put the plans on hold, saying, "This tax in its current form cannot be introduced." It's not completely dead — Orban has planned consultations over the next year to look for other ways to tax revenue generated over the internet.

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0.62$ per gigabyte? Stone age by NuclearCat · 2014-10-31 02:24 · Score: 3, Insightful

It shows one more time, how retarded can be some politicians. Normal households have 40-200GB/month traffic, which is insane $24 - $124 extra per month. I hope Hungarians will kick him out for good.
P.S. I am sure, if they can, they will tax even air for breathing.