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On 17 Apr 2018 03:12:09 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
wrote:

>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...

They're uploading their personal data to the government..  I'm not
sure why you think doing it on a machine that is operated by the
government will be less safe than doing it on a machine that they own.