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On 2018-04-16, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:

> On 4/15/2018 9:33 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Bu tto be *completely* fair...  some cost must be added for the 
> computer.  I'm *not* sure who would feel safe... doing your taxes on a 
> library computer.

The same ones who feel safe uploading their personal data to Facebook...

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