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Topic	Fun fact: there's no reason menstruation products shouldn't be free
averagejoel 11/30/20 5:20:31 PM #81:	Balrog0 posted... like, if we take all menstrual products out of the market and use tax revenue so that government can create and distribute them, the distributional impact is ambiguous. It might be a net progressive transfer of wealth, but it's hard to say because people in every income bracket use period products. If we just give poor people money, the impact is much more clear. "giving poor people money" is, functionally, the government giving money to the corporations that sell period products. the corporation is an unnecessary middle man --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:947775804] in Fun fact: ... [t:79144718]...</cite> <quote>Balrog0 posted... </cite> <quote>like, if we take all menstrual products out of the market and use tax revenue so that government can create and distribute them, the distributional impact is ambiguous. It might be a net progressive transfer of wealth, but it's hard to say because people in every income bracket use period products. If we just give poor people money, the impact is much more clear.</quote>"giving poor people money" is, functionally, the government giving money to the corporations that sell period products. the corporation is an unnecessary middle man --- peanut butter and dick</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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