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		DSingularity 72 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The United States withdraws from UNESCO I’m sure the British would have described the American revolution in similar ways.

Veen 72 days ago [–]

We described it as tax avoidance and treasonous collaboration with the enemy we really cared about — the French.

zdragnar 72 days ago | [–]

Tax avoidance is using a loophole. Tax evasion is refusing to pay what is determined to be owed.

The modern difference is one comes with prison time.

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