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I'm totally for it. I'm just saying it's not that easy for an average citizen to actually do anything about this. It's not like I can call 1-800-GOVERNMENT and

by imgabe 7y ago

I'm totally for it. I'm just saying it's not that easy for an average citizen to actually do anything about this. It's not like I can call 1-800-GOVERNMENT and say "Hey how about preparing my tax return for me? kthnx!" and then it will happen. It would require a massive, coordinated grassroots effort to overcome the lobbying by Intuit, H&R Block, etc. So saying "Hey just have the government do this!" is fairly useless.

OrangeMango 7y ago
That's exactly what the IRS used to do (I used it for my after-school job in high school in the 1990s): > The IRS may be saving money as a result of its decision to shut down its free TeleFile program for filing taxes returns by phone, but the move is costing taxpayers millions of dollars, according to a report released by the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. https://www.computerworld.com/article/2542655/report--shutdown-of-telefile-is-costly-to-taxpayers.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2542655/report--shutdo...