Many, many a time. But you are deliberately blurring the line between tax avoidance and tax cheating. Smart shopping is commendable. Tax cheating is NOT a conservative value even if you wrap yourself in the flag when you do it.
“Tax cheating is NOT a conservative value even if you wrap yourself in the flag when you do it.”
Lex mala, lex nulla.
Tax laws enacted against the will of the people have no moral force.