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When clever thinking challenges the status quo

When clever thinking challenges the status quo

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Miguel Ferreira
Apr 01, 2022
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Whenever you think you only have two options, being creative opens new possibilities.

Until January 2020 Germany listed sanitary products as "luxury goods". That's why tampons were taxed at 19%.

But weirdly, things like truffles, flowers or caviar were taxed at 7%. 

Thanks to the "tampon tax" the German Government collected 467.832.960 Euros a year. 

467 Mi…

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