# Better living through sweatshop labor: Avoiding paying US taxes directly to da slush

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-living-through-sweatshop-labor-avoiding-paying-us-taxes-directly-to-da-slush/348688>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-living-through-sweatshop-labor-avoiding-paying-us-taxes-directly-to-da-slush/348688 "2006-03-17T02:29:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-living-through-sweatshop-labor-avoiding-paying-us-taxes-directly-to-da-slush/348688/21 "2006-03-19T19:54:37Z")

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Since Mynn has been posting without returning to this thread, I guess he or she realized what nonsense the OP was and ducked out without paying. 😃

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-living-through-sweatshop-labor-avoiding-paying-us-taxes-directly-to-da-slush/348688/22 "2006-03-19T22:17:41Z")

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Perhaps so **Expano Mapcase** but before this threads dies a merciful death there are two nits about the OP that are acting like burrs under my saddle.

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> I’d be paying taxes **on** that useless War **on** Oil; (bolding mine)

First off I did not know that we were paying taxes **on** that usless war. Paying taxes to suport it yes, but being taxed on it? 😕 How do I determine the effect of the war on my adjusted gross income? Is it based on the GNP on Iraq?  
Secondly, War **on** oil? When did we declare war **on** oil? Did I miss a memo? Does this make me a tratior if I add a quart of oil to my car?

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-living-through-sweatshop-labor-avoiding-paying-us-taxes-directly-to-da-slush/348688/23 "2006-03-20T01:47:27Z")

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Since political comments are not allowed in GQ, perhaps you should have let the thread die before a mod saw this. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-living-through-sweatshop-labor-avoiding-paying-us-taxes-directly-to-da-slush/348688/24 "2006-03-20T04:25:03Z")

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A Mod finally saw this.

It’s dead now.

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