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Taxpayer
* All taxpayers are responsible for keeping tax records
  - pay taxes in order to finance schools, health care, social services and pensions
* Most taxpayers are law-abiding citizens who timely file and pay their taxes
  - associate tax refunds with income tax
  - use the cash method of accounting for their personal life
* also pay special federal sin taxes on alcohol, tobacco and gambling
  - save money with lowered costs for care of uninsured injured persons
* are concerned with the costs of extended days and years
  - general contractors engaged in the business of building single-family homes
  - nonresidents of California
  - subject to taxation without representation
* are the beneficiaries of the liquor wholesaling system in Michigan
  - employers who hire school personnel to serve the needs of parents and children
* benefit when previously unemployed people with disabilities pay income taxes.
* can also choose to work through their financial institutions
  - invest in their family's future or favorite charity
  - make credit card payments through tax software, by phone, or via the Internet
* control budget, expenditures, and overhead.
* deduct credits after computing their tax liability.
* foreign corporation with a U.S. trade or business.
* have a direct interest in how the government helps foster children
  - lot in common with turtles
* lie on taxes to escape the pain of paying extra money to the government.
* lose hundreds of millions of dollars every year
  - money because the government is paying out of both pockets
* often evade paying taxes in collusion with tax officials.
* pay income tax on all taxable sources of income, including capital gains
  - the price of low wages in subsidized health care, housing and food stamps
  - to collect the money they use for political campaigns
* sometimes show their displeasure by paying in pennies.
* transfer assets or income to a trust claiming to be a charitable organization.
* use care in timing the realization of items of income and expense.
* work hard for the money they earn.

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Technologist
* Many technologists work in product development.
* Most technologists work in hospitals, clinics, or medical imaging centers.
* also anesthetize that area of the patient's body
  - assess the behavior of the radioactive material inside the patient
  - wear badges that measure radiation levels
* are as driven by the desire to take on new projects and skills as they are by dollars
  - incurable optimists
  - usually detail oriented
* can play a different role during surgery.
* check medical charts and monitor patients' vital signs.
* count the sponges, needles, and other instruments as they are used.
* exploit the fear of cyberspace.
* have to understand business economics
  - tunnel vision driven by a sense of technological determinism
* like to use acronyms.
* microscopically examine blood, tissue, and other body substances.
* often tend to hate institutions
  - think of technology change in technological terms
* perform examinations at the request or direction of a physician.
* produce the images on a computer screen or on film for a physician to interpret.
* propose the computer and the computer age as the key to happiness.
* protect themselves by using special gloves and protective devices.
* provide images of tissues, organs, bones and vessels inside the human body.
* transform engineer's design concepts into actual prototypes or products.
* use radio waves, powerful magnets, and computers to create images of body parts.
* usually argue that technology is neutral
  - work alone when operating equipment and conducting laboratory tests
* work from doctors' orders, written for specific procedures.