As Romanian Fortune Tellers Tax Fails City Banks Save Day?
IN Romania, plans to introduce a tax on fortune tellers have failed.
The fortune tellers saw the whole thing coming. But the politicos did not. For them the plan to tax the mystics was brilliant.
But Alin Popoviciu, of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party, thought it a bad idea. He said politicians were frightened of being cursed.
Meanwhile, you can work out why Romania, a country blessed with many fortune tellers, remains so stubbornly impoverished – while in the City for London, our own masters of the future are making billions..?
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Posted: 10th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink