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Post by pesto on May 26, 2017 6:01:27 GMT -6
Anyone want to talk world news? Escape the dumpster fire for a minute?
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Post by pesto on May 26, 2017 6:03:03 GMT -6
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Post by pesto on May 26, 2017 6:24:06 GMT -6
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Post by mowkey on May 26, 2017 9:13:23 GMT -6
This is bizarre. What I hear is only a couple % of women in India use them anyway, so maybe it truly is considered a luxury item, or it's keeping women from being able to buy them.
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Post by pesto on May 26, 2017 9:44:58 GMT -6
This is bizarre. What I hear is only a couple % of women in India use them anyway, so maybe it truly is considered a luxury item, or it's keeping women from being able to buy them. Sorry that may have been worded weirdly. They overhauled their tax system so tampons/pads now fall under the umbrella of goods taxed at 14%. At least they don't tax condoms or contraceptives.
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Post by silverspoon on May 26, 2017 10:06:56 GMT -6
This is my favorite thing I've seen in awhile.
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Post by zerozeroone on May 26, 2017 10:11:43 GMT -6
I love this so much. It's feels good to read something positive.
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Post by misskilljoy on May 26, 2017 19:18:27 GMT -6
This is bizarre. What I hear is only a couple % of women in India use them anyway, so maybe it truly is considered a luxury item, or it's keeping women from being able to buy them. Sorry that may have been worded weirdly. They overhauled their tax system so tampons/pads now fall under the umbrella of goods taxed at 14%. At least they don't tax condoms or contraceptives. In my province in Canada, tampons/pads were taxed at 13% until two years ago. It took an absurd amount of lobbying to get this changed.
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Post by athn64 on May 26, 2017 19:21:40 GMT -6
Sorry that may have been worded weirdly. They overhauled their tax system so tampons/pads now fall under the umbrella of goods taxed at 14%. At least they don't tax condoms or contraceptives. In my province in Canada, tampons/pads were taxed at 13% until two years ago. It took an absurd amount of lobbying to get this changed. I think at that point, I might advocate for free bleeding.
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Post by anastasia on May 26, 2017 20:52:42 GMT -6
How was that tax justified in Canada?
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Post by misskilljoy on May 27, 2017 6:13:49 GMT -6
How was that tax justified in Canada? That's just our tax rate here. Though in hindsight, I think they were exempt from the provincial part of sales tax, so they may have only been taxed at 5% and not 13%. Certain things aren't taxed depending on their category (particularly things for kids or essential items, which pads and tampons are not considered) and it took work to get tampons and pads to be changed to be exempt from our sales tax. The government still charges tariffs on importers so it's still ridiculous.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 8:00:52 GMT -6
NY still taxes tampons and pads which irritates me. We live in 2017 people, these are necessary items for females.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 16:07:15 GMT -6
NY still taxes tampons and pads which irritates me. We live in 2017 people, these are necessary items for females. It's illegal to do that here now. It was stopped last year I knew they had discussed ending the tax but I never heard that it passed.
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Post by morecoffeeplease on May 27, 2017 16:28:02 GMT -6
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Post by misskilljoy on May 27, 2017 17:57:20 GMT -6
In Canadian political news, I'm watching the leadership vote for the Conservative party and it really looks like they're going to elect Bernier. The man who left confidential NATO documents at his girlfriend's house when he was a member of parliament the first time. His girlfriend who had known ties to the Hell's Angels.
Why, Canadian conservatives? Why would you do this? Does this seem like a good choice for someone who will at the very least be leader of the opposition, if not prime minister in a few years?
ETA: He didn't win. Thank god. 49% of the vote.
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Post by milano on May 27, 2017 18:26:01 GMT -6
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Post by athn64 on May 27, 2017 18:36:44 GMT -6
In Canadian political news, I'm watching the leadership vote for the Conservative party and it really looks like they're going to elect Bernier. The man who left confidential NATO documents at his girlfriend's house when he was a member of parliament the first time. His girlfriend who had known ties to the Hell's Angels. Why, Canadian conservatives? Why would you do this? Does this seem like a good choice for someone who will at the very least be leader of the opposition, if not prime minister in a few years? ETA: He didn't win. Thank god. 49% of the vote. Glad he didn't win. He seems unsuited for the post. Thank goodness Canadians can realize. And here we Americans sit with a joke in office.
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Post by athn64 on May 27, 2017 18:37:58 GMT -6
I'm not going to be able to travel to Europe at all with this shit show of an administration. So embarrassing. Isn't someone supposed to proof these things?
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Post by loves2read on May 27, 2017 20:13:49 GMT -6
In Canadian political news, I'm watching the leadership vote for the Conservative party and it really looks like they're going to elect Bernier. The man who left confidential NATO documents at his girlfriend's house when he was a member of parliament the first time. His girlfriend who had known ties to the Hell's Angels. Why, Canadian conservatives? Why would you do this? Does this seem like a good choice for someone who will at the very least be leader of the opposition, if not prime minister in a few years? ETA: He didn't win. Thank god. 49% of the vote. Well that is heartening! At least some other countries have maintained their sanity.
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Post by pesto on Jun 3, 2017 8:57:33 GMT -6
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Post by pesto on Jun 3, 2017 9:07:16 GMT -6
European perspective on Trump's NATO opinions. I think what they fail to understand is Trump wants to drive them away and doesn't care about his brashness. www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-nato-outburst-united-states-real-victim/"Trump is right that European countries spend much less on defense than Washington. What he fails to understand is that the biggest beneficiary of that arrangement is the United States. Europe’s “free riding” is what has allowed the U.S. to become the world’s only unquestioned superpower."
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Post by crimsonandclover on Jun 4, 2017 5:04:17 GMT -6
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Post by pianolove on Jun 4, 2017 7:18:32 GMT -6
European perspective on Trump's NATO opinions. I think what they fail to understand is Trump wants to drive them away and doesn't care about his brashness. www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-nato-outburst-united-states-real-victim/"Trump is right that European countries spend much less on defense than Washington. What he fails to understand is that the biggest beneficiary of that arrangement is the United States. Europe’s “free riding” is what has allowed the U.S. to become the world’s only unquestioned superpower." This is chilling article. To think if, God forbid, there was an attack here that none of our allies would respond thanks to this twat...
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Post by dc2london on Jun 4, 2017 10:52:24 GMT -6
I definitely think May will win. And I think Labour are so annoyed, in genearl, by Corbyn that there will be low turnout and guarantee a Tories win
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Post by dc2london on Jun 4, 2017 10:53:19 GMT -6
Is there any chance this is an effort to encourage use of reusable hygiene products? India has a landfill problem, IINM, so maybe they're hoping they can force people into using Luna cups
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Post by crimsonandclover on Jun 5, 2017 8:06:12 GMT -6
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Post by crimsonandclover on Jun 5, 2017 8:57:10 GMT -6
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