It’s not only American TEA Party members who are fed up with taxes. Witches in Romania, angered over having to pay income taxes for the first time, threw poisonous mandrake instead of tea into the Danube River in protest. They also cast spells on Romanian president Traian Basescu, who reportedly wears purple every Thursday to ward off evil spirits.
“Romania’s newest taxpayers also included fortune tellers – but they probably should have seen it coming,” cracked Associated Press reporter Alison Mutler.
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