Re: Still Going - IRS Still Using JFK-Era Computers

On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:01:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On 18 Aug 2024 03:45:42 GMT, rbowman wrote:
 

A contemporary article with a chilling vision of the future:
 
"Eventually, large corporations could also be plugged into the system.
Computers thousands of miles apart could talk taxes without any
numbskull human interference. Banks could be hooked in, too, reporting
who is getting interest payments. Real-estate and stock-market
computers might tattle on who is making money. Machines in charity
organizations could reveal amounts of donations. And hospital computers
could report on individual medical costs."

 
All routine nowadays. As is compliance with anti-money-laundering laws.
Which are governed by international agreements.

Yeah, the surveillance state is doing fine but the flying cars predicted
in 1963 never happened and there are some guys in orbit that hope they can
thumb a ride home someday.