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| Hungary's Orban puts Internet tax on hold after huge protests |
| 2014-11-01 |
| [NEWS.YAHOO] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban froze plans on Friday to impose a tax on Internet traffic, climbing down in the face of massive street protests and warnings from the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... that the levy was a mistake. Opponents of the tax, who said it would have hurt consumers already struggling with a faltering economy, described the U-turn as a major victory. But Orban's announcement was unlikely to end discontent among liberal Hungarians who accuse him of being an autocrat and are frustrated there is no prospect of removing him until elections in 2018. Recent anti-tax rallies have been a catalyst for broader anti-government protests. "This tax in its current form cannot be introduced," Orban told public radio. "If the people not only dislike something but also consider it unreasonable then it should not be done." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Pure genius. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-11-01 10:26 |