protesting against a new sales tax, many of them worry, they could be driven out of business. gordon roberson explains traitors and gone as ashanti region are closing up their shops, their ceiling, their stalls with a red band, a symbol of their protest against new taxes. merchant said the new 18.5 percent b a t or value added tax on sales isn't fair. it was that on one product on one product, the government is charging compounded taxes. the manufacturer has already paid v a t. the government is expecting me who is in kumasi to pay the same rate or the 18th, which is $18.00. and the government is expecting those coming to buy from me to all, to charge the same 18 point. 5 traders were already feeling squeezed, gone as currency. the cd plummeted, 40 percent against the dollar over the past 9 months. it's pushed up the price of imports at a time when inflation is already soaring. food prices have more than doubled in the past year. this week, before we even went for this close though, something was toddress, it is then us momento got us. it might have been wanting is about $200.00. i said if i