Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán yesterday encouraged Debrecen university to turn out and vote against tuition fees at the March 9 referendum. “The re-launch of economic growth is a top priority, as Hungary is lagging far behind. Work, knowledge and responsible governing are preconditions of growth,” he asserted.
“The word ‘property’ saddens most people, as many immediately think of being poor. Hungary is ever poorer and I would like to see public property retained in the spheres of health care, education, gambling, nuclear power and electricity.
“The way for citizens to obtain property is by earning higher wages, so that they can save, and buy shares and securities,” Orbán opined.
Orbán knows that he must follow EU-rules and take away most State Monopolies, so therefore his sentence “The way for citizens to obtain property is by earning higher wages, so that they can save, and buy shares and securities,” opens up for a similar schema as what Gyurcsány proposed earlier.
Viking, did your sentence get clipped here? What rules must Orby follow? He’s not calling the shots. The EU has a rule against gov’t gambling? Or that gov’t are not allowed to monopolize paying tuition? Are you saying that Orban agrees with Jerk Cheney?
Elucidate please.
BTW, I think you meant scheme or plan, not schema.
I’m not sure I’d take Vic’s advise here. In an address to university students he should be encouraging students to complete their studies, gain good degrees which will see them get better paying jobs; not gamble on the stock market.
Paying tuition isn’t a bad thing, btw, it helps ensure that those studying feel some pain if they drop out; but perhaps a dropout tax or better yet, “fine” would serve the nation better.
Hungary is in a bind; it needs more white collar workers for jobs but hasn’t the money. At the same time, those that get degrees; being young and not tied down, when looking around at the local job market, laughable pay, reaching the top rate of taxes at the first 6,000 EUR, the gov’t effectively expects these people to leave; so why not at least not pay for an education from which the rest of the country is unlikely to benefit?
Rolrox – Yes, the post is not obvious. The main problem is the sentence “public property retained in the spheres of … electricity”. In the Energy-sector we have de-regulation already, similar to Railway, Telecom etc. Does he want to go back on de-regulation?
No, Gambling still belong to the National States, but it is probably just a question of time before the rules changes to be able to compete with the grey Internet gambling.
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