On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk sales taxes.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Cathy battles the tampon tax.

-Ted Cruz makes a proposal for a new kind of value-added tax.

-Felix can't stand the way Americans keep the sales tax off the price tag.

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