20,000 Hungarian malcontents took to the streets of Budapest as protests gather in Hungary against tax Internet. The very opposite to the implementation plan for an Internet data transfer tax was put froward by the Hungarian government, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, where they offer a 150 forint ($ 0.61 US ) on each gigabyte of data transferred. Of course, this was greeted by fierce opposition by the people of Hungary, where thousands gathered to protest and even started throwing old computer peripherals through the seat closed the Hungarian political party Fidesz.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his government announced that it would be a necessary and fair tax to help the country's budget. But opponents say it will create an unbalanced access to the Internet, depriving institutions such as schools and full freedom of the internet universities. Arguments against the state of motion that such a law exists nowhere else in the world and would be unethical to implement such a tax. Fidesz responded by saying that the maximum tax is in place, a monthly limit. Individuals can not be taxed 700 forints (US $ 2.85) and companies and businesses will have a maximum of 5,000 forints ($ 20.42 US) per month.
The protests started at the Ministry of Economy before walking peacefully by the thousands down to town the seat of government by the Heroes Square. As they walked, everyone rose mobile phones lit in protest, announcing that if the government does not withdraw the proposed plan, then another event will be held.
For the moment, no violence took place between riot police were sent to enforce peace, and protesters. Time will tell if the government does revolve around their proposed plan that demonstrations are meeting in Hungary against the tax on the Internet, with more surely take place, many more.
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