No, Poor people tend to buy only necessities, which aren't taxed. Wealthy people but more crap, which is taxed. Net result is the wealthy pay the most.
Since so many people have started switching to them, the electric company has raised rates 4 times. We've changed (almost) all our lights, and we make sure computers get turned off at night. Yet we're paying more now than we were when we had 5 computers running 24/7 and every bulb a 60W incandescent.
But for sorting by date on a single string the preferred format is YYYY-MM-DD. I never understood why you would write the day first.
At some point, though, Apple will have to overcome the (incorrect) perception that "Steve Jobs is Apple", and that without him, Apple will most certainly fail
Well, last time he left Apple (was forced out) Apple did start to fail, and fail big. He came back, bringing the Lisa (which became the Mac), and presto! Apple was back.
Face it
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.