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General Category => Blogs => Topic started by: TylerChuit on February 06, 2012, 02:19:40
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I am a fan of the film, "The Wizard of Speed and Time". I have been since it was shown to me on laserdisc by John Hudgens, a guy who made a name for himself by producing music videos for the creator of the TV show, Babylon 5. Anyway, that one viewing was the one and only time I had seen WoSaT until tonight. At the end of the film I downloaded, there is a text screen saying that Mike Jittlov (the creator and star of the movie) was okay with people making a few copies of it and spreading it around to friends. Knowing what John told me about the producer of the film, I'm 100% positive that it's true. ;D
But the movie is not the subject of this post. That text screen also gave Mike Jittlov's web address. As I was perusing the pages that haven't been updated since the early part of last decade, I found this page of the history of the 1040 tax form (http://www.wizworld.com/taxes/taxess.html).
Being that it is relevent to my current job, I was fascinated, and thought you guys might be as well. I was especially intrigued by the 1% tax rate of the original form from 1913, and that it didn't kick in until you made over $20,000. Plus the fact that prior to 1913, the country had been running completely fine with pretty much no individual income taxes whatsoever.
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Oh, and here's the original Wizard of Speed and Time short film from 1979.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=GoLhLn9hVkE&NR=1
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Pretty cool video. I started watching what appeared to be a full movie, got into the second part (of 10). Looked interesting, in a "Weird Al" UHF sort of way. .... Referring to the movie... not the tax stuff. ;D
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Yeah, Wizard of Speed and Time definately has a UHF feel to it, but with more sincerity, and general frustration over Hollywood bureaucracy.