# Your tax $ at work: US SCRAPS $7 BILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT AS IT LEAVES AFGHANISTAN

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**Created:** [June 20, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-at-work-us-scraps-7-billion-worth-of-equipment-as-it-leaves-afghanistan/267262 "2013-06-20T14:39:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-at-work-us-scraps-7-billion-worth-of-equipment-as-it-leaves-afghanistan/267262/11 "2013-06-22T04:46:23Z")

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> [@FS: 1st and 2nd gen DSM parts (GST,GSX)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1st-and-2nd-gen-dsm-parts-gst-gsx/53019/2):
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> I didn’t want the tax burden of putting our equipment there to begin with, I certainly don’t want Billions of tax dollars being used to destroy billions of equipment worth of tax dollars.

But our tax dollars aren’t paying to scrap this stuff… They are scrapping it and selling the Metal for a profit. I see no issue here. Unless I missed something.

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