Tapon Tax Homeless Women

Let’s begin with the obvious, all women have had their period. This process is as natural as eating, peeing, drinking and sleeping. Now have any of you ever walked into a bathroom and had to pay for the toilet paper? No, you haven’t. I’m sure that it also never occurred to anyone to carry around toilet paper in case they had to do their business away from home. For sanitary reasons we want people to wipe their behinds. For sexist reasons, we don’t offer the same concern for women who don’t want to bleed on furniture or their clothes. After years of women being shamed into not talking about periods more and more are speaking up.

Having cloth pads can work for so long until they are permanently stained and the disposable ones are easier to use. Having the tax remove would help more people than it would hurt, and it’ll help with personal care. The pads that are used by women today are made to help hide that unpleasant odor that comes from a period, and to let life go on. The wrappers maybe something to work on and in making it easier to be discreet about opening. The women of today have had enough to fight about, and this should not be one of them. Let the fight about the wage gap, but let them have pads and tampons tax free like the men can have their

Although tax isn’t all that much in some states, it does add up over time. Some women only make a certain amount of money and have to rationalize it for important things, such as food. Pennsylvania even went as far as not taxing toilet paper and diapers anymore because they view those items as a necessity. So why can’t tampons be viewed the same way? An Illinois law that took effect

for the simple fact that it is not legal. But in my opinion women and

I would hope that you would support HB 63 – Tax Exemption for Feminine Hygiene Products. The bill has been passed through the Appropriations Committee and Way and Means Committee recently and is now ready for the first reading of the bill. HB 63 is important because women such as myself should not have to pay taxes on feminine products. Being taxed on something that we were biologically born with such as menstrual cycles, is absurd and the state of Florida should bring an end to is at once. Removing a sales tax from feminine products will help lower-income women who cannot afford to pay eight to eleven dollars every month. Feminine products are already expensive and adding on the sales tax is just outrageous.

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney-Vento) covers many aspects of homelessness. The original Act contained 15 different programs for people who were homeless (United States Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD], 2007). I will be focusing on Title VII-B of this act. This section of McKinney-Vento speaks to homeless children and their right to equal access to an appropriate public school education. This Act has been in existence since 1987. Due to school performance standards put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, this specific section of the McKinney-Vento Act has been reauthorized to include new mandates (United States Department of Education [DE], 2004).

The “Pink Tax,” the bane of women everywhere, and especially in corporate America. Women’s products and health lies in the hands of corporations who charge more for products geared towards women than their male counterparts. This is usually by a few cents on the dollar, but keep in mind that women are paid less than men. So, this can add up over time, and cause many frustrations.

An example of the controversy is when a customer buys a Frappuccino on a glass bottle and being taxed for it but if the customer buys the same drink but it is made by a barista, the customer is exempt to the tax. This creates a big confusion if the person can actually distinguish the difference between a drink in a bottle and a drink made to order or no

Much literature explaining women 's homelessness in the United Kingdom, have argued from a feminist perspective which highlighted that the market dominated housing policies disadvantage female-led households based on a gendered division of labour, (Watson and Austerberry, 1986) . Furthermore (Pleace, and Quilgars, 1996), asserted that dominant family model assumes domestic roles for women, such that family care, child care and other domestic duties as solely that responsibility for women. (Razzu, 2014) studies demonstration that on average women share 76% of housework, (although this trend have change over the years). However, women role within the home meant they were less likely have full time employment, as a result studies have demonstrated that only 25% of mothers were in paid employment. Moreover, even for women in employment income were relatively low, which meant the women were increasingly dependent on man. On the other hand (Novac, Brown, and Bourbonnais (2009) identified that in the 1960s female -led households were mainly renters and their low income status, lack of subsidised housing and insufficient supports particularly in private property contributes to their homelessness.

Since the impact of homelessness varies depending on the population and setting people are in, state and local leaders have a greater ability than the federal government to judge what actions need to be taken to help the homeless. Unfortunately, many communities have put more effort into hiding or keeping out people affected by homelessness rather than ending homelessness itself. One example is laws that work against the homeless rather than help them. Not only do these laws discourage the homeless from seeking help but they also discourage agencies and local officials from providing that help. “In recent years, there has been an increase in the enactment of laws and ordinances intended to regulate the activities of the homeless people” (“Dealing

On any single night in America, there are 610,042 people without a home (SIRS). Just think about how much space that would take up in prisons for people who are not causing a crime but are just without a home.Criminalization of homelessness is becoming a popular and widespread topic throughout the US. States all over America are beginning to make laws that prevent homeless people from living in public spaces. Homelessness may be temporary, chronic, or perpetual. The growth of homelessness within and outside of cities puts a new strain on shelters and has led to an increase in panhandling and loitering. Some people think these aspects of homelessness should be criminalized. Those who disagree say criminalization would only worsen the problem

Birth control is medically necessary, but whether women should have to pay for it out of pocket is an issue which has not yet been settled. The cost for anyone seeking to buy birth control without insurance ranges anywhere between twenty-five to eight hundred dollars. Despite the fact that it can be used to treat a myriad of disorders, from ovarian cysts to endometriosis, and can be used to prevent certain cancers, many employers seek to deny coverage to women because they assert that it infringed upon their religious beliefs. Other members of the opposition claim that pregnancy is a natural consequence of sex and that taxpayers should not have to pay for birth control. However, these claims are irresponsible and not based in fact or logic. Birth control is necessary to many women throughout the United States, and as such should be covered by insurance.

Everyone does shopping. It’s the way Americans live their daily life. It is from getting doughnuts at Quiktrip to buying an iPad. All these goods have to have a transaction in order for you to own it. Sales tax is an important part of this transaction. Everyday, people pay sales tax everyday for their purchases. Some states have high rates, and some states have low sales tax rates.

In practically every society of the world women are the principal caregivers for their family and extended families. They are in the central position of buying for themselves, husbands, partners, children, friends, relatives, elderly parents, colleagues and businesses to name just a few. When any purchase is required within the dominion of a caregiving, chances are a woman; finds it, buys it, wraps it, writes any required personal notes and then sends it off or delivers it to the appropriate recipient.

Women want to smell good and look good, that is what makes us feel beautiful. Each month we have to deal with the monthly struggle of getting our periods and that already does not make us feel good as it is. Now imagine being homeless and not having access to a clean shower and no access tampons or pads or even clean clothes. This must be overwhelmingly depressing for most woman. When these women are forced to think of ways to create their own tampons, they go to the extreme using items that might not be safe and this can cause major health issues, including infections and in some cases toxic shock syndrome. With 50,000 women living in the streets in the United States, plenty of organizations have stepped up to the plate and made millions of donations of tampons and pads to the homeless. The female homeless population grows each year and that means more tampons need to be donated. Hygiene products are not cheap and are not covered by government assistant programs. Famine hygiene products are a priority and should be considered a human right. Foundations like Free The Tampon believe that every bathrooms outside of home should freely have access to Feminine hygiene products. The organization is dedicated to providing education and resources that empower advocates to create change for women nationwide. (freethetampons.org) Other campaigns are focusing and fighting hard to exempt tampons from sales tax in the United States. While other places have already jumped into action and