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I don't think it's a Republican thing, the Liberal party and the NPD in Canada are both left-leaning and they have a majority yet they aren't pushing for this.
by belval 5y ago
I don't think it's a Republican thing, the Liberal party and the NPD in Canada are both left-leaning and they have a majority yet they aren't pushing for this.
Pretty sure it's just run-of-the-mill lobbying and corruption unfortunately. A typical "think of the jobs!" type of thing.
- monetus 5y agoI wouldn't say its not a republican thing, just also a many other people/groups thing. You're right, just wanted to emphasize that.
- dwohnitmok 5y agoWhat parent is referring to is not just lack of pushing for it, but active campaigning against automatic filing. Not a "think of the jobs" but "automatic filing is intrinsically bad." See e.g. http://reason.org/files/ba148cd5babdda39f9ebb43b336b01d4.pdf http://reason.org/files/ba148cd5babdda39f9ebb43b336b01d4.pdf
- heavyset_go 5y agoRepublicans and the Liberal party in Canada are both neoliberal when it comes to their economic policies, they mostly only diverge on social issues and social services.
- slavik81 5y agoIt kinda already had been addressed. SimpleTax was released as donationware and the CRA introduced NETFILE and Autofill. Filing a return today is way easier than in, say, 2011. Buying TurboTax has been unnecessary for a decade.
- stainforth 5y agoYour counter to is that the politicians in a different country with an entirely different governmental evolution didn't arrive at the same thing?