The article clearly states that Intuit deliberately used Republicans to lobby against ReadyReturn. Intuit had just given $1 million to a Republican running to

The article clearly states that Intuit deliberately used Republicans to lobby against ReadyReturn. Intuit had just given $1 million to a Republican running to unseat John Chiang, an FTB member who supported ReadyReturn. The chair of the FTB, Steve Westly, says the support drummed up by Bankman gave them more political space to vote for a program they felt strongly about. Let's not ignore the fact that the Republican platform fundamentally lines up closer to Intuit's business interests. When Ronald Reagan was governor of California, he opposed a reform that would make paying taxes more seamless on the grounds that “paying taxes should hurt.” ... That morning, Frommer polled his colleagues in the Assembly and found they were a vote short. No Republicans would vote for the bill, and some Democrats would vote ‘no’ too.