Thursday, January 6, 2011

Taxes and Death

Romanian witches angry about having pay income tax for the first time hurled poisonous mandrake into the Danube River to cast spells on the president and government.  The new tax law is part of the government's drive to collect more revenue and crack down on tax evasion in a country that is in recession.

In the past, the less mainstream professions of witch, astrologer and fortune teller were not listed in the Romanian labour code, as were those of embalmer, valet and driving instructor.  People who worked those jobs used their lack of registration to evade paying income tax.  A witch at the Danube named called the new tax law "foolish":

Surely as witches they could have seen this coming?

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