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A local hotrod has taken to social media this morning to criticise the plan by every state treasurer to scrap the GST on feminine hygiene products.
Nathan ‘Frogstomp’ Peters, an 85-year-old 3-window lowboy Deuce chop top coupé from Betoota Heights – the aspiration heartland of our town – lashed out at the tax axing, explaining that in his opinion, lady gear such as tampons and other things of that ilk are actually luxury items and should be taxed as such.
His controversial Facebook status is published in full above this article.
The Advocate reached out to the eight-cylindered hot-head just moments after he published his articulate, 334-character opinion to gain some insight into the man for this story.
What our reporter discovered failed to surprise even our most seasoned, Walkley-Award Life-Banned journalists.
Peters, who earned the nickname ‘Frogstomp’ due to his lifelong love of grabbing green frogs out of the toilet and stomping on them, told our reporters that he meant everything he posted this morning.
“Did you know that tampons kill more women than they save each year?” he said via telephone.
“I didn’t think so. They’re not actually necessary for their life, they are a luxury item. What about man-only products such as condoms and Wolfmother tickets? They have the GST on them? Why?”
Our reporter rocked back in his chair, looked up at the ceiling and wondered why he didn’t do something vaguely useful with his life – like engineering or medicine.
Then he realised he didn’t listen in school and thus relegated himself to a life in journalism whereby the only way to keep your head above water is to stand on the heads of those drowning underwater.
Our reporter then hung up on the modified car.
More to come.
