24.hu summarized the growth of the number of Hungarian government officials (threefold) as well as their salaries (fivefold) since 2011, the year Orbán came back to power and promised a small and cheap state. Continue reading
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Record high inflation, record weak currency, record high debt, record budget deficit, record election spending
What could possibly go wrong? Continue reading
75% of housing subsidies were soaked up by the price increase they have caused
The loans-for-babies program did not boost babymaking either. It has only served to 1) push families into dependence and 2) to punish those who were not eligible by pricing them out of the housing market. Continue reading
Do people know?
66% of Fidesz voters have no idea the pandemic situation in Hungary is worse than other countries. Continue reading
Europe’s most expensive bureaucracy
The Hungarian state does take care of itself, that’s for sure. To the tune of 8.2% of GDP, to be precise. Continue reading
Damage: 28% pandemic, 72% Orbán
The local authority of Terézváros, a Budapest district, shared data about the pandemic economic damage. 28% of the losses come from the disappearance of tourism and hospitality – 72% come from Orbán’s punishment of opposition cities. Continue reading
119 reports, 30 investigations, no charges
Opposition politicians have reported 119 cases of corruption or other crimes to the police in the last six years. None made it through the prosecution and no charges were pressed. Continue reading
Breathtaking increase in support for EU
Despite 10 years of hysterical anti-EU propaganda Continue reading
2008-18: Diving to the bottom of diversity acceptance ranking
In the last ten years we grew used to finding Hungary at the wrong end of every country ranking. Continue reading
51% of Hungarians fear personal political intimidation
Why are we at the most depressing end of every scale? Continue reading
Meanwhile in Budapest 