We have a "luxury tax" - 19% and a tax for necessities - 7%. And while books and horses seem to be necessities, female hygiene products (and goldfish lol) are apparently luxury goods. So this company is raising awareness by selling their "book" with the necessity tax, which includes tampons. It's screwed up man.
That's the big question. Maybe us women should finally stop enjoying such excessive luxuries as bleeding out parts of our uteruses because it's so damn fun.
Well... I think all our goods are taxed. But it's different from the USA, you don't really notice it because it's already included in the price you see on the shelves, not just added when you go to the check out.
That's a tariff and it's the exact same in the US... the "not noticing" is because we have fucking retarded larddurds that don't notice it but find a church on Sunday and claim it's the gays (insert what the actual fuck in place of "the gays" there).
You'd call me crazy if I told you I could get sheep too herd people. You'd be wrong.
Step 1: Survive arrival in the bible belt. (Those tats aren't going to help_
Step 2: Find a church. This part isn't hard. There is one every 20 miles.... they are basically community centers.
Step 3: Shout fire and brimstone and ask for offerings while claiming that a pilgrimage is a great idea (it is 3x over, just wait).
Step 4: find a bigger church.
Step 5: repeat 2-5 until.....
Step 6: You get a TV channel.
Step 7: All that shit but with a TV channel.
New thread, because that one got weird.
@mialinay In the US we have sales tax. I buy a book, a fan, a couch, whatever, and the store charges me about 7% on top of that. The store is required to pay that tax to the government, so they collect through me. That tax varies by region, so different states and cities can fund different projects through sales tax.
It almost never depends on what product you buy, which is why variable tax based on the product is hard for me to get my head around.
Ah I see. Well apart from us having two different taxes depending on the kinds of products, it's the same, a sales tax. And yes it's stupid if you ask me.
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Is the VAT included in the shelf price, or is it added when you check out?
Do you just have to memorize what the "luxury" items are?
It's included in the shelf price. If you don't pay attention, you don't even know which ones are the luxury items.
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I like the concept, that you pay more for things you don't really need.
The execution probably needs some work, and is pretty subjective. Someone might want a horse for fun and someone else might need goldfish for work. I can see basic tampons being a necessity, but fancy brand-name tampons or cups being a luxury. But someone else might think different than I do.
That's tough
Well I wouldn't mind it if it actually made sense. But I don't know anyone who NEEDS a horse. And 99% of women I know need female hygiene products. And a goldfish definetly counts to the rather less luxury pets you could get, to me at least.
That’s where we get into a real crazy spot. What is “NEED”? Is “NEED” “I will die without this”? If that’s so we don’t NEED much. Is the different between NEED and WANT wether there’s a less optimum but more basic means to fill a NEED? Like, you don’t NEED socks, or underwear. Babies don’t NEED diapers. Humans survived without these for thousands of years, you won’t die or lose your job or home if you don’t have them. You’ve gotta do more work- but you can do fine without them. Or is it more like they’d say babies need A diaper, but disposable diapers are a luxury because they save work?
I suppose the question might be- are menstrual cups counted as a necessity and it’s disposable feminine hygiene products that count as luxuries, or are ALL feminine hygiene products luxuries? Are pads luxury items or just tampons? To be clear- personally I don’t believe feminine hygiene products- tampons, pads. Etc. should be “luxuries” in the modern world. Unless you count toilet paper or tissues or cotton swabs or baby wipes or etc. as “luxury items.” These ARE by definition “luxuries” of a modern developed nation- our distant ancestors didn’t have them, some countries they are not available or affordable to all or even most- but we have to ask if we want to define our standard of living and care off that or off what our society can provide.
Let me give you some examples.
.
7% (necessities) :
- Toilet paper
- books
- coffee
- meat and vegetables
- cinema tickets
- hotel rooms
- horses
- dog biscuits
.
19% (luxuries) :
- ALL female hygiene products
- goldfish
- children's biscuits
- condoms
- restaurant food
- juice
This is not an insult to your country. Lord knows mine has problems- but that’s idiotic and outrageous. Toilet paper is a “necessity” despite the fact the majority of the worlds population doesn’t use it regularly, but feminine hygiene products and condoms are luxuries? I hope they change that. I don’t think it’s fair to tax women’s hygiene products at a different rate than toilet paper considering both are personal hygiene products that aren’t strictly required for survival but are very important in western civilization and daily life.
Condoms as a necessity? Well- no more or less so than coffee. I can say the WHO and other health organizations distribute more condoms for public health than they do coffee, and condone work better at fighting AIDS- and have had a traceable and significant global impact on doing so. We KNOW for a fact that people will have sex, it’s considered a component of mental health on top of being a biological imperative and is one of our strongest drives.
So even without getting in to birth control debates there are compelling reasons for people to practice safe sex, and considering condone a luxury doesn’t seem to be, and studies show it not to be, a prudent move for public health.
You'd call me crazy if I told you I could get sheep too herd people. You'd be wrong.
Step 1: Survive arrival in the bible belt. (Those tats aren't going to help_
Step 2: Find a church. This part isn't hard. There is one every 20 miles.... they are basically community centers.
Step 3: Shout fire and brimstone and ask for offerings while claiming that a pilgrimage is a great idea (it is 3x over, just wait).
Step 4: find a bigger church.
Step 5: repeat 2-5 until.....
Step 6: You get a TV channel.
Step 7: All that shit but with a TV channel.
Ugh fuck I had like 5 more but I took a shower and I forgot em all.
I had a whole thing about pyramids. :/ Ughhhhhh
My temp is 96 degrees.
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@mialinay In the US we have sales tax. I buy a book, a fan, a couch, whatever, and the store charges me about 7% on top of that. The store is required to pay that tax to the government, so they collect through me. That tax varies by region, so different states and cities can fund different projects through sales tax.
It almost never depends on what product you buy, which is why variable tax based on the product is hard for me to get my head around.
Do you just have to memorize what the "luxury" items are?
The execution probably needs some work, and is pretty subjective. Someone might want a horse for fun and someone else might need goldfish for work. I can see basic tampons being a necessity, but fancy brand-name tampons or cups being a luxury. But someone else might think different than I do.
That's tough
.
7% (necessities) :
- Toilet paper
- books
- coffee
- meat and vegetables
- cinema tickets
- hotel rooms
- horses
- dog biscuits
.
19% (luxuries) :
- ALL female hygiene products
- goldfish
- children's biscuits
- condoms
- restaurant food
- juice