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YouTube Star Ingrid Nilsen Challenges President Obama On Tampon Tax
"I suspect it's because men were making the laws," Obama responded.
Since YouTube star Ingrid Nilsen came out last year in a video on her channel (a video that has been viewed more than 13 million times to date), the 26-year-old has grown into a far more politically-focused role than her beginnings as a lifestyle vlogger would have suggested. Recently, she was one of three YouTubers invited to a sit-down with President Barack Obama at the White House. She raised issues and concerns that the President was aware of--like LGBT rights--and those he wasn't, like the fact that 40 states tax feminine hygine products as "luxury" items.
"I don't know anyone who has a period that thinks it's a luxury," Nilsen said.
Watch the exchange below:
Tampon Tax"We are being taxed for being women."President Obama had no idea that 40 U.S. states impose a tax on feminine hygiene products. Because, you know, they are "luxury goods."
Posted by AJ+ on Tuesday, 19 January 2016
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