Since the so-called “Tisza tax package” he keeps talking about does not exist — something that even the court has stated is not true — the only reasonable response is that if this person ever gets a job, they should be dismissed immediately. Persistent lying is not an opinion; it is incompetence.
What is the problem with the Tisza-style progressive taxation?
Let’s talk in the language of numbers, because this plan affects the wallet of every working person in Budapest.
In Budapest, the average gross salary is roughly 200,000 forints higher than the national average. Meanwhile, plans are leaking from the Tisza camp about introducing progressive taxation above 416,000 forints. This means it’s not about taxing the wealthy — it’s about automatically putting the middle class, especially in Budapest, into the crosshairs.
The real question is very simple: where would they pay for their promises from?
In any society, there are two options. Either you create opportunities through work, education, and development, so everyone earns more — or you take money away from those who have already built an existence for themselves and redistribute it. Left-wing economists (who are now appearing one after another behind Tisza) believe the second path should be followed.
If you want to redistribute more money, you inevitably have to take it from someone. And that “someone” will not be a narrow elite, but the working, urban middle class — just as it always was under left-liberal governments.
Such a tax system would hurt everyone, but it would hurt most where wages are higher, where there is accumulated wealth, and where a stable life has already been built. If this is introduced, it will appear first in the districts of Budapest, because that’s where there is more to tax. Simple math.
And real-world experience shows that even if more is taken from those who have, those who have nothing gain nothing. That’s how it was before 2010 as well. Despite a 36% personal income tax rate, the minimum wage was 70,000 forints, and one million fewer Hungarians were able to work than today.
The real dilemma is whether we want to live in a work-based society, or in a system where the more you work, the more is taken away from you.
We believe in the first solution: creating opportunities, low taxes, guaranteeing independent prosperity for everyone, while at the same time providing strong support for families and housing.
That is why Fidesz is the safe choice.