de chucka
2018-04-28 22:19:08 UTC
The tax on sanitary thingies/equipment is one of the weirdest and ,imho,
the most sexist tax ever, it is not like menstruation is optional ( OK
yes it is but you know what I mean), You can understand why it is still
there with cavemen like Abbott saying "Removing the GST from tampons
would be a "politically correct" mistake, Tony Abbott has said, just
hours after Labor's Tanya Plibersek renewed a push to remove the sales
tax from sanitary items."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-07/tony-abbott-tanya-plibersek-at-odds-on-tampon-tax/9524610
Politically it is a good move from Labor but this is one case where good
politics and good policy are one and the same
https://tinyurl.com/y8cq9pb8
Tampon tax to be axed if Labor wins election, alternative medicines to
pick up GST slack
By David Spicer
The Labor Party has pledged to abolish the Goods and Services Tax on
tampons if it wins the next election and instead raise extra money on
alternative health treatments that are currently exempt from the GST.
The Party has long argued that the tax on tampons should not have been
applied in the first place, because sanitary products are a necessary
for reproductive health and not a luxury item.
the most sexist tax ever, it is not like menstruation is optional ( OK
yes it is but you know what I mean), You can understand why it is still
there with cavemen like Abbott saying "Removing the GST from tampons
would be a "politically correct" mistake, Tony Abbott has said, just
hours after Labor's Tanya Plibersek renewed a push to remove the sales
tax from sanitary items."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-07/tony-abbott-tanya-plibersek-at-odds-on-tampon-tax/9524610
Politically it is a good move from Labor but this is one case where good
politics and good policy are one and the same
https://tinyurl.com/y8cq9pb8
Tampon tax to be axed if Labor wins election, alternative medicines to
pick up GST slack
By David Spicer
The Labor Party has pledged to abolish the Goods and Services Tax on
tampons if it wins the next election and instead raise extra money on
alternative health treatments that are currently exempt from the GST.
The Party has long argued that the tax on tampons should not have been
applied in the first place, because sanitary products are a necessary
for reproductive health and not a luxury item.