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Article #621800Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: J. Clarke
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 02:33
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 02:33
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On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:25:10 -0500, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: >On 4/14/2018 2:29 PM, 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. >> > >Yes, but... even with the tax software, there is still the cost of the >computer... Use a web site and the library's computer. However just about everybody has a computer today for purposes unrelated to tax computation.
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