Witches Now Have to Pay Income Tax in Romania
The Associated Press reports in a Pocono Record article, that in Romania superstitions are common place, with the President Traian Basescu and his aides wearing purple on certain days to ward off evil. Now the Romanian government has issued a law requiring witches, astrologists and fortune tellers to pay sixteen percent income tax and make contributions to health and pension programs as of January 1st 2011. In response angry Romanian witches will cast spells on government officials so evil will befall on them.
Alisia, a self proclaimed witch reports a dozen witches will throw a poisonous plant named mandrake in the Danube River to place a hex on the government officials. She says the lawmakers should look at themselves, how much they make and steal, and how they have asked witches to place spells on their enemies in the past, according to this news article. She believes it's the government's new plan to crack down on tax evasion in a country in recession.
The news article also reports that these special professions weren't included in the Romanian labor code prior to this new tax law, referring to witches, fortune tellers and astrologists who have evaded paying income tax.
My thoughts on this issue are that I'd be interested to view the new tax forms with the itemized deductions that witches, fortune tellers and astrologists will be required to fill out in Romania now. How will they correctly list their job descriptions and earnings, or even list their professional job specialty deductions?
Crystal balls, eye of newts, cats, plants and herbs, potions, hex item deductions, brooms, wardrobe, spells, etc. would be items that witches could list on their itemized Romanian tax forms. And how will the Romanian government find and prove that citizens are tax invading witches? Will there be a witch hunt? And if Romanian government officials truly believe in witches, who will be brave enough to go after them for tax invasion, in fear of retribution? Only a fortune teller's crystal ball can foresee what the future in Romania will be with this new tax law.
Now that Romania has passed this new tax law, will it only be a matter of time before other countries follow suit? Will the IRS soon be knocking on your door?
You can view the full article at www.poconorrecord.com
For your amusement below is a link to Stevie Wonder's song, "Superstition." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZFf0pm0SE
Published by Claire Luna-Pinsker
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5 Comments
Post a CommentWhat a strange idea! Fun to read.
Now this takes the cake! To paraphrase Gomer Pyle, "Well gooooolleeee!"
This is a hoot - or is it a "newt?" LOL I am not superstitious but I wouldn't want to upset any witches!!! Cheers :)
These people should pay their fair share, and the rich witches/warlocks should pay a higher rate because tax cuts for the wealthy need to stop no matter what their job is.
Claire this was indeed weird and quirky. It will definitely be interesting to see what the outcome of this will be.