[MAGZine]

Where I grew up, clothing for children was tax deductible.

It was essential, so a system was put in place to serve the need.

I'm not sure why you ended up in a metaphorical pit of despair over one imagined doomsday-scenario implementation.

[sjwright]

In the UK, children’s clothing is exempt from their VAT sales tax.

(Yet another way that unusually short people can lord it over the rest of us.)