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To Dodge Ticket Tax, Theater Sells Admission Carrots

Spanish media dub it the 'Carrot Rebellion'

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 12, 2012 7:31 AM CST

(Newser) – When new austerity measures in Spain bumped the tax on theater tickets to 21% over the summer, Quim Marcé figured his theater in the small town of Bescanó would go under. Then he had an idea: Why not sell carrots, plentiful in the farmland that... Read full story »

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To Dodge Ticket Tax, Theater Sells Admission Carrots

Spanish media dub it the 'Carrot Rebellion'

Spain • taxes • tax evasion • tax • austerity • austerity measures • Spain austerity measures

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