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@ atyh
2025-05-24 04:26:36TIL, 50 years ago, many lumber yards had drying sheds where lumber would air dry over a long period of time reducing warps and cracks. But the I.R.S. then started demanding Americans pay them a percentage of whatever inventory they had, every year. So the same wood drying slowly would be taxed by the IRS every year, resulting in lumber yards all over the US no longer air drying lumber.