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it'd be great if it worked this way, but it's already been captured at both a federal and at least 1 state level: https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-i
by maximente 7y ago
it'd be great if it worked this way, but it's already been captured at both a federal and at least 1 state level:
https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-is-about-to-ban-the-government-from-offering-free-online-tax-filing-thank-turbotax https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-is-about-to-ban-...
https://priceonomics.com/the-stanford-professor-who-fought-the-tax-lobby/ https://priceonomics.com/the-stanford-professor-who-fought-t...
- clairity 7y agoyah, businesses making money via legitimately adding value is awesome; making it via rent seeking and regulatory capture sucks. turbotax could still have a lucrative business by building on top of free filing with value added services, but no, they want government-protected profits. it's dishonorable. and it's a symptom of money controlling politics. we need to figure out how to allow politicians to be productive and contributive without money being the measuring stick proxying power.