From his grave, a dead musician in Spain has taunted the country’s finance minister.
Jose Maria Bejarano Martin challenged the minister thus: “Montoro, cabron, ahora ven y cobras” (Montoro, you bastard, now come and get your money).
The words directed at finance minister Cristobal Montoro in angry protest at the heavy weight of government tax.
They were inscribed permanently on his grave stone in the village of San Pedro de Latarce, in the Castille y Leon region of northern Spain.
Before he died in November last year at the age of 66, Mr Bejarano had long instructed his wife and six children of the message he wanted on his grave.
He had been a supporter of the conservative Popular Party, but that waned after the PP’s austerity measures took hold.
“He felt let down when they introduced public spending cuts and tax hikes that directly harmed his business - like raising VAT on cultural events to 21 per cent,” his son, Eduardo, told El Norte de Castilla newspaper.
Mr Berjarano died insolvent, after not being able to meet his tax and social security payments.
The mayor of the small village of 533 inhabitants said: “It shows that he never lost his sense of humour, even in difficult times.”
Comments
One relevant to this Spaniard is :
Gone away Owin' more
Than he could pay
Owen Moore in Battersea, London, England
It is vital that Montoro does not take this lying down. He is a proud Spaniard and, as a minister, represents a proud people.
Death, for an Iberian, must never become another form of 'tax evasion' or everyone will be trying it.
If he lets this one go untroubled to take his place in the great orchestra in the sky then all sorts of riff raff - including actors and artists, will be queing up to take the p*ss.
And the British in Gibraltar are always watching for any weakness to exploit.
Dig this guy up with a JCB and at the least remove his handles .. they should be worth a few euros !
Here lies the body of Mary Ford
Whose soul we hope is with the Lord
But if for Hell she´s changed this life
It´s better than being John Ford´s wife