Police Trash Anti-Tax Code Protesters' Camp

After concessions, a crackdown!

Democracy, Yanukovych-style.




Police state Україна (Ukraine)


Happy New Year, Mr. President!











Police arrested up to 10 protesters (1 ended up in the hospital).

Visit Mustafa Nayem's blog for more crackdown pics.

And yes, Yanukovych called the crackdown “democratic.”

He knows what he's talking about.




I've been dreaming of this for six years.


Democracy was dismantled here.



Pics from Olena Bilozerska's post-crackdown report.

Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2010/12/3/5640009/
http://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/nayem/4cf89721a73ef/
http://censor.net.ua/ru/video_news/view/144341/razgon_mayidanazachitali_sudebnoe_reshenie_i_nachali_varvarski_hamski_vse_krushit_i_lomat_video
http://5.ua
http://tsn.ua
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/20738.phtml
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2010/12/3/5641834/
http://bilozerska.livejournal.com/341509.html

Yanukovych: 'I Will Give 5-Year Tax Breaks to All Small Businesses'

Read his lips again.

Presidential candidate Yanukovych: Taxes should be lowered...most notably, by a factor of three, for enterprises where new jobs are created and high tech is introduced. I will give 5-year tax breaks to all small businesses and will exempt...small businesses...from registration fees and all permits paperwork.

How's that for a stump speech/campaign promise?





So here's my Thanksgiving message. (Skip to 40:30.)




Yes, I can see! Great General, I will work harder at the salt mines to get more salt to bring you more happiness. Thank you very much!




Sources:
http://maidan.org.ua/static/news/2010/1290156126.html
http://politiko.com.ua/blogpost46921
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGjme04H5VE
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9687/yanuk.gif
http://vimeo.com/17185078
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/18626/person_id/1.phtml

Anti-Tax Code Protests Gain Momentum

It ain't over.





Police keep blocking Kyiv-bound buses and threatening to remove the Maidan camp. Yet people keep coming.

The government has made a lame attempt at negotiations. With a slightly stronger showing in Kyiv, protests continue all over Ukraine.

That includes Yanukovych strongholds: Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa.

Draconian Tax Law Approved (Watch How)

One person, one vote?

Not in Ukraine!







Yes he can! MP Chechetov can orchestrate a vote-for-your-absentee-pal symphony.

Music to His ears!



Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2010/11/18/5584885/
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/19917/person_id/1.phtml

Thousands Protest Draconian Tax Law

Small business, small protest.

It takes 20 times as many protesters to mean business.

Yushchenko on Death and Taxes

There are some jokes when they say — the Frenchmen, the entrepreneurs say — first, I love my tax inspector, and then I love women. All over the world they say — and especially in the West — that I’m certain of two things as long as live in this world: number one, I will die; number two, I will always pay taxes.

Is this one of those Gérard Depardieu jokes? I don’t know about Benita Ferrero-Waldner, but sharing this joke with Nancy Pelosi, Condoleezza Rice or Hillary Clinton doesn’t seem to be a good idea. In contrast, the last one indeed sounds like a joke to some folks here in Ukraine.

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