 Witches curse changes in Romanian labour law
BUCHAREST, Romania – Labour laws in Romania have been changed to recognize witchcraft as a profession, thereby rendering them (according to Romanian law) subject to taxation.
The move is part of the government's campaign to crack down on widespread tax evasion, a growing concern as a result of the European recession. However, Romanian witches have vowed to strike back with spells designed to put a hex on government officials. Said one witch named Alisia: "This law is foolish. What is there to tax when we hardly earn anything?"
Queen witch Bratara Buzea, who was imprisoned for witchcraft by the late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, is furious about the changes, and plans to cast a spell using cat excrement and a dead dog. "They want to use us to take the country out of the recession. But they got us into it. They should get us out of it."
Witches, however, are not alone as targets under the labour/tax law amendments. Astrologers and fortune-tellers are also subject to the new law. But, the witches say, at least in the case of these soothsayers, they could see the law coming.
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