While Trump is promising $2000 tariff dividends, it seems like a good time for some reminders about how tax payments and inflation work in the US.
Creative Commons
Battery saver color scheme included
Music
TrackTribe - I Had A Feeling (YouTube audio library)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ6uUaUWbM
Software
Linux
Kdenlive
GIMP
FFmpeg
HandBrake
No software was paid for in the making of this video.
Extra visuals
Washington Stories Bureau of Printing and Engraving video from the US National Archive via archive.org
https://archive.org/details/WashingtonStoriesBureauOfEngravingAndPrintingEngraving
Nighthawks painting by Edward Hopper
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper.png
High resolution photo of Extra Coop supermarket beverage aisle posted by Wikimedia user Wolfmann
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extra_Coop_Supermarket,_Amfi_Shopping_mall,_Os%C3%B8yro,_Hordaland,_Norway,_Distorted_panorama_2018-03-22._Beers_in_chiller_refrigerators,_on_shelves_in_rack,_aisle,_interior_%28Hansa,_N%C3%B8gne_%C3%98,_Tuborg,_etc.%29_A.jpg
Some images created from uncredited tracing sources, and/or with assistance from other free-to-use software tools.
4320p ultrawide (8K DCI) rendered in 2 segments using 16GB of total shared RAM/VRAM, insufficient for full single render. Spliced using LosslessCut FFmpeg GUI, then combined with audio using FFmpeg CLI remux (no transcoding).
Standard widescreen version arranged separately and rendered in a single segment before compressing for optimal file size. Compression: HandBrake, AV1, preset slider speed at 1, RF slider at 28
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Backed up on the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/taxreturns