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Article #621880Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:32
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:32
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On 4/16/2018 8:18 PM, Dave Garland wrote: > On 4/16/2018 1:42 PM, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> On Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 9:24:47 PM UTC-4, Charles Richmond wrote: >> >>>> 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... >> >> Someone said the $90 in 1967 was roughly $600 today. That is >> roughly what a computer costs today. >> >> And while an adding machine would find multiple uses around >> the house, especially for balancing one's checkbook and a few >> other household chores (and sometimes for kids' homework*), >> a computer would also have plenty of uses around the home, >> such as email and word processing. > Now the United States office of Internal Revenue has a new simplified tax form needing only two items: 1) How much did you make last year??? 2) Send it in!!! -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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