Cast a spell, pay a tax.

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Witches, astrologers, and fortune-tellers of Romania, it's time to pay your taxes. Until now, these professions weren't listed in the Romanian labor code, letting them work tax-free. But a new law subjects them to a 16 percent income tax, prompting some to hurl poisonous mandrake plants into the Danube River and cast spells on the government. Superstitions are no laughing matter in Romania--the land of the medieval ruler who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula--and have been part of its culture for centuries. President Trajan Basescu has been known to wear purple on certain days, supposedly to ward...

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