Stop taxing a woman's Menstrual Cycle

[Sousuke 1,214]

Do we pay state tax on stuff like this? I can't remember.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34649495

More than 250,000 people have called on the government to "stop taxing periods" and reduce the 5% rate of VAT on sanitary items such as tampons. The government says it cannot scrap the VAT because of EU law, although the European Commission has responded to the row by saying that a review of the VAT rules will take place in 2016.

[decocker 7,198]

http://fusion.net/story/142965/states-that-tax-tampons-period-tax/

[GandD 5,966]

I couldn't resist reading this thread. So provocative.

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

Why isn't Grover Norquist taking this up as an issue to press on the Republicans? C'mon, Jeb! Sign the pledge for no taxes on tampons!

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

Woman Runs London Marathon Without a Tampon, Bleeds Freely to Raise Awareness

Kiran Gandhi, who has played drums for singer M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation, decided to run the London Marathon without a tampon. Gandhi let her blood flow freely to raise awareness about women who have no access to feminine products and to encourage women to not be embarrassed about their periods.

"I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs," the 26-year-old wrote of the April race on her website.

Gandhi, a Harvard Business School graduate, wrote that she got her period the night before the big race and thought that a tampon would be uncomfortable while she ran. But that isn't the only reason she decided to let it flow.

"I ran with blood dripping down my legs for sisters who don't have access to tampons and sisters who, despite cramping and pain, hide it away and pretend like it doesn't exist."

http://www.people.com/article/kiran-ghandi-runs-marathon-without-tampon-bleeds-freely

[heo luoi 206]

weird never thought of this nor noticed differential tax rates on different items. But if this is the case, should get a tax break for the schools and parks my nonexistant kids dont go to.

[Umka36 781]

'Tampon tax' paid around the world

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-32883153

[TBoneTX 43,418]

Some women's periods are taxing enough in and of themselves.

It's sometimes unclear as to which party in the relationship is more heavily taxed.

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This thread prompts a medical joke:

"When life hands you tampons, make tamponade!"

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Some women's periods are taxing enough in and of themselves.

It's sometimes unclear as to which party in the relationship is more heavily taxed.

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This thread prompts a medical joke:

"When life hands you tampons, make tamponade!"

Oddly enough the Filipino word, for a woman having a tantrum is Tampo

[TBoneTX 43,418]

Over the years, I've asked natives of Tampa, Fla. what they're referred to as -- Tampons, Tampaxians? -- but I just get "blood-in-your-eye" looks.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Over the years, I've asked natives of Tampa, Fla. what they're referred to as -- Tampons, Tampaxians? -- but I just get "blood-in-your-eye" looks.

I see what you did there!

[Expat1 971]

There will be no tampos under a Trump administration

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

There will be no Trumps under a tampon administration.

[GandD 5,966]

Touché.

[Torete 121]

Touché.

Taxation without menstruation?