China Is About to Tax Condoms to Try to Force a Baby Boom
In case you missed it, China has decided to raise the cost of condoms and other contraceptives by imposing a 13% value-added tax (VAT) to combat declining birth rates. You read that right: instead of making parenthood more affordable, they’re making it more expensive to avoid getting pregnant.
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