# ATTN: Tax-free Kmart shoppers....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-tax-free-kmart-shoppers/30788>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 26, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-tax-free-kmart-shoppers/30788 "2000-08-26T02:14:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-tax-free-kmart-shoppers/30788/21 "2000-08-29T08:02:45Z")

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Bear\_Nenno, my main objection to the Tax-Free _week_ is that not just parents of school children benefit from this. I happened to be doing a good bit of clothes shopping during that week myself, for my new job. I wasn’t charged taxes. So how in any way did that benefit parents of school children OR the school system? So, while I think it was a well-meant idea, the execution of said idea is somewhat pointless and weak. (Not that I minded not paying taxes on my new threads… 😃 )

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