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"They persuaded the Internal Revenue Service for more than a decade..." "The tax preparation industry guided Washington down a different path." Be even more u

"They persuaded the Internal Revenue Service for more than a decade..." "The tax preparation industry guided Washington down a different path." Be even more upset with the IRS and politicians. They are literally responsible for this. They make the laws. Don't let them shift blame. They should have told Intuit to pound sand. This is like a kid that gets caught doing something bad and blames their friends. They told me to do it! It's their fault. Here would be the honest translation: I took their money and went against the best interests of my voters, and now I'm going to shift all blame while accepting no responsibility for my actions. Furthermore, I'm going to reframe this as though I was the good guy trying to save you.

burkaman 5y ago
If I found out my kid's friend gave them $1000 to jump off a bridge, I think I'd be equally mad at both of them.
- missinfo 5y ago
  Sure, but in this case these are adults and they know exactly what they are doing. Intuit didn't force them by gunpoint. The politicians have agency here and are ultimately responsible. They chose to put their donors over their voters. And now they are trying to frame this as though they are hapless victims who tried to save the nation? No.
  - burkaman 5y ago
    Yeah I think we're agreeing, they're both to blame. I guess the reason it might feel like people are blaming Intuit more is that they literally shouldn't exist, they owe everything to this bullshit arrangement, so it's easier to make blanket statements. I don't want the IRS to disappear, I just want it to make better decisions about this particular issue. But I do want Intuit to disappear because it's a completely worthless parasite. That doesn't mean the people running Intuit are worse than the politicians making decisions about the IRS, it's just easier to make a singular judgement about their organization.
nonfamous 5y ago
This reads like a talking point, not a good-faith comment.
terr-dav 5y ago
Why be mad at either party? They are both making rational choices given their circumstances. I don't expect politicians to act on principles more than anyone else. They are just trying to keep their jobs, and they functionally depend corporate financing to do this, so they will naturally go to bat for the same people. Intuit is a profit-making machine with side-effects that include creating a tax-filing product. The people running it are acting rationally to keep their jobs too. This situation is a predictable outcome given the way the system works, and is one example of the failings and inefficiencies of the system to serve the common good.

burkaman 5y ago

If I found out my kid's friend gave them $1000 to jump off a bridge, I think I'd be equally mad at both of them.

missinfo 5y ago
Sure, but in this case these are adults and they know exactly what they are doing. Intuit didn't force them by gunpoint. The politicians have agency here and are ultimately responsible. They chose to put their donors over their voters. And now they are trying to frame this as though they are hapless victims who tried to save the nation? No.
- burkaman 5y ago
  Yeah I think we're agreeing, they're both to blame. I guess the reason it might feel like people are blaming Intuit more is that they literally shouldn't exist, they owe everything to this bullshit arrangement, so it's easier to make blanket statements. I don't want the IRS to disappear, I just want it to make better decisions about this particular issue. But I do want Intuit to disappear because it's a completely worthless parasite. That doesn't mean the people running Intuit are worse than the politicians making decisions about the IRS, it's just easier to make a singular judgement about their organization.

nonfamous 5y ago

This reads like a talking point, not a good-faith comment.

terr-dav 5y ago

Why be mad at either party? They are both making rational choices given their circumstances. I don't expect politicians to act on principles more than anyone else. They are just trying to keep their jobs, and they functionally depend corporate financing to do this, so they will naturally go to bat for the same people. Intuit is a profit-making machine with side-effects that include creating a tax-filing product. The people running it are acting rationally to keep their jobs too. This situation is a predictable outcome given the way the system works, and is one example of the failings and inefficiencies of the system to serve the common good.