Well gas taxes, as I understand them, are also there to help stabilize the prices of gas, to remove some amount of uncertainty in the average consumer's life.

Well gas taxes, as I understand them, are also there to help stabilize the prices of gas, to remove some amount of uncertainty in the average consumer's life. As for "funding the Internet", no part of the Internet is publicly owned in Hungary, is it? So the Internet in Hungary is self-funded by private enterprise, right? If Hungary offers a public Internet service, then these Internet taxes actually make perfect sense. That's actually a great way to fund a national backbone provider, I'd like to see something like this implemented in the US, if the voters are for it, of course.