Hungary: Taxing System · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

Paul of Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar describes how the Hungarian taxing system doesn't really work and thus ensures many people's survival. He also writes about declarations being made to fix the system and the dire consequences this may bring: “Like I said before, in a democracy everyone should be paying their taxes. But in a modern democracy every citizen has a right to expect a certain minimum level of health-care, pensions and unemployment benefit. The Hungarian state simply does not provide this and until it does, any proposed enforcement of employment taxes can only have catastrophic social consequences.”