Since the IRS has all of the relevant data, why do US folks have to 'do' taxes at all?
Two forces, Grover Norquist and the American tax prep industry led by Intuit and H&R Block. Grover Norquist lobbies Congress to intentionally make paying taxes as complicated and as painful as possible so that Americans resent paying taxes and thus become more anti-tax. Meanwhile, tax prep folks want to make it complicated so that you need to pay for their services to file it. A quote from a past news article on this very topic:
H&R Block and Intuit want to make it difficult for you to file on your own. The anti-tax activists think that if taxpaying is too easy, voters will be less likely to resist the federal government’s growth. Both want to make it as painful as possible for you to do your taxes yourself.
Norquist isn't even shy or secretive about it - he openly talks about this position in interviews with the press.
The article says part of the contract to Lockheed was they also deliver a design for an airliner so we'll see if they get into that business again but if not since this was commissioned by NASA we can hope the tech can be used by other companies.
We'll see what Lockheed produces, but let's be honest, they're doing this to build a better bomber.
Nine years. It was washed out in 2013
That's what gets me for Google. While I agree that the landowners are very much the most liable party, one would think that Google Maps would have updated their maps, and their navigation, during that period. Their Map View certainly updated the images with a downed bridge.
Western companies are delusional if they seek mass-market adoption of EV in India. Do you realize how many people live there on $1/day income? EV's are a status symbol, nothing more.
Let's be honest, in a country like India, it's not even EV versus ICE. Car ownership in general is a status symbol / luxury item.
New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you. - David Letterman