Double, double toil and trouble: witches in Romania are planning to cast a spell on the country’s rulers because of laws that will force them to pay tax for the first time. Cat excrement and dead dogs, rather than eye of newt and toe of frog, will go into their cauldron – but they are hoping to put a Macbeth-style hex on the country’s president, Traian Basescu, and his government after the imposition of a tax regime aimed at tackling the recession.
Witches will gather on Romania’s southern plains and the banks of the Danube to protest against the laws and cast spells on the politicians who implemented them. A dozen witches will hurl the poisonous mandrake plant into the river “so evil will befall them”, a witch named Alisia said.
The threatened curse is not being taken lightly in a country with a long tradition of superstition. Basescu and his aides have been known to wear purple on certain days in an attempt to ward off evil.
The new law is part of the government’s drive to collect more revenue and crack down on tax evasion. It will force the likes of witches, astrologers and fortune tellers to register their professions and become liable for 16% tax in line with other self-employed Romanians.
The Queen witch Bratara Buzea said she would lead a chorus in casting a spell using a concoction of cat excrement and a dead dog. “They want to take the country out of this crisis using us? They should get us out of the crisis because they brought us into it,” she said.
Hmmm. Think I my join them. Out comes my cauldron
Why don’t they get The Count to sort it out form them. Bet he’s not paying ‘bloody’ taxes. (see what I did there!)
And why not? Some like it hot. I put à spell in you, who, whooah
About time people started quoting Shakespear correctly, the amount of times people say bubble bubble toil and trouble!!
Like the way they have a queen witch, but surely they will be letting people know they are dodging taxes by turning up to cast spells!
Why don’t the witches do a spell to pull the country out of recession then?
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GO WITCHES!!
(altho, to be fair, it usually works better to run fer office.)
This is even better than that guy who claims that the world will end in March or May or whenever.
Now if only our government could take a leaf from their books and tax religion then maybe wed be out of the mess were in tomorrow
They have a queen witch!?
Ok.. And I like the idea that purple wards off evil. What.
I am from Romania and I am ashamed of my country. There are too many superstitious and religious here. The reason is not at home in Romania