Let’s really look at this example of lazy “science journalism” that this article is.

How about you read the actual study instead of the snarky, pseudo-summary of it?

lolno

It was a bill to exclude various medically “necessary” items like tampons and adult diapers from the state sales tax.

I don’t think Utah is going to lift its sales tax any time soon. This was just a vote to exclude items like tampons and adult diapers from it.

It’s not actually a special “luxury tax” despite Jezebel’s less-than-honest portrayal of what this is.

It’s just the regular state sales tax. They were voting to exclude a few hygiene products from it (including tampons and adult diapers) and it didn’t pass.

It is literally just the state sales tax.

You just going to make things up to prove your point?

Gotta get those human-water pipes fixed before we focus on the dog-water pipes.

I think all of the accounts I’ve had banned on here over the years have been lost exclusively to innocuous disagreements with a writer that took grave offense at being disagreed with and/or corrected.

She recently wrote this in the comments of her article on the Coen brothers.

That article is talking about cities in Pennsylvania with worse lead exposure than Flint, not worse water.