Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"

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From: John Levine
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 19:43

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In article <5017aceb-0d73-4a3c...@googlegroups.com>,
 <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>In 1967, Smith Corona ran an ad in LIFE magazine for an electric
>adding machine (add, subtract, multiply) that would "breeze 
>through your trying tax problems with super-accurate speed."
>
>The price was $90 in 1967 dollars.
>
>What is ironic is that I believe one can get a tax software
>package today for less than that, and the software will not
>only add up the taxes, but also figure them out.  

Where the tax software usually falls down is in the super-accurate
department.

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