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peddington
  2/18/2015 04:35 EST

Good news for you all expats who weathering the winter in Hungary! Orban and Putin solidified their "relationship" and the gas will be flowing in the near future! Of course the government will get their 27% so likely they want the gas flowing otherwise will be less money to keeps the "greasy" wheels of "illiberal democracy" turning! Keep warm and be safe!

Tomrock
  2/21/2015 18:40 EST

The only question is will I pay more or less for gas?

If Orban wants to kiss putin's ass I don't care...it's his problem.

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peddington
  2/21/2015 18:51 EST

You know the old saying that "there is no such thing as a free lunch"? Well with Putin is nothing for free I'm sure Hungary will pay for it dearly and not just monetarily but also with it's political credibility. As for the user we pay 27% to the government on top of the cost of the gas/fuel they charge.

Tomrock
  2/22/2015 08:00 EST

The 27% VAT just gives people a very good incentive to do business under the table. So eventually it just hurts the economy... like closed stores on Sundays and the banning of new stores bigger than 300 sqm.

peddington
  2/22/2015 09:36 EST

Indeed! It will be I'm sure an unintended consequence of the "forced closings". Another example of "Government knows best" and not really a free market economy just like with the consolidation of the Tobacco stores and associate licensing. The Government could of made a lot more money (in my opinion) to get stores like Tesco, and gas stations like Shell to fork over more money to be able to get licenses to sell tobacco. But again "government doesn't know best" and the current Administration has proven that time and time again!

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