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Re:Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition by anoncoward111 on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:22PM (#18173083)
Though extremely difficult, it's possible to exist in the USA without paying any tax to any entity.

You would have to be unemployed, receive food and water through non-sales-tax-included methods (like living in New Hampshire or going to a local soup kitchen or boiling grass), and never own a home or rent even.

Well come to think of it, you could probably eat sleep and drink at a casino all day, if it's on native land.

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Re:Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition by village-idiot on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:12AM (#18173482)
Yeah, but why? That sounds awful
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Re:Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition by anoncoward111 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @09:17AM (#18175661)
I mean, that's why I said it would be extremely difficult. This is a thought experiment, similar to thinking about what happens when you cross the event horizon-- death obviously, but other interesting things too.
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Re:Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition by kbar13 on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:39PM (#18173153)
yeah but you're still paying for a service from a provider which pays tax to the government
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Re:Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition by anoncoward111 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @09:15AM (#18175653)
No, I literally described situations where nobody is paying taxes. Most shops in NH and non-profits don't make enough revenue to pay taxes on it.

And native american land by it's definition is not taxed.

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