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Hello. I would like to suggest bankrupting the company. It's not "fair" or "just" but it would be in the common good. Plenty of precedent for that from governme

by moate 4y ago

Hello. I would like to suggest bankrupting the company. It's not "fair" or "just" but it would be in the common good. Plenty of precedent for that from governments that give a fuck about the citizens and not the corporations. I realize this isn't actually going to happen, but I'd vote for the measure that involved the state seizing Intuit and raiding their software for the benefit of the IRS. (FWIW, I'm not going to respond to comments on this debating the merits of this non-plan. I get it's an unpopular opinion, especially on a tech-funding backed news board, so I don't need people to tell me why this is a "bad" choice and how it will slippery slope into whatever socialist hellscape personally keeps people up at night. Just wanted it out there that there are absolutely people willing to tear the whole fucking thing down because it's so broken).

tyrfing 4y ago
Could you link some of those precedents?
- moate 4y ago
  Google is free: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprise Root around in there, plenty of examples of nations taking control of individual companies or entire industries. Feel free to make your own judgements of which were doing it "for the good of the people" vs "to take control of a major income sector in order to enrich a minority of individuals within the government".
the_only_law 4y ago
> I would like to suggest bankrupting the company. It's not "fair" or "just" but it would be in the common good. Interestingly, someone pointed out the same reason is why these companies get bailed out when they fail.
- moate 4y ago
  That person is a Capitalist, and I am not.
geodel 4y ago
Ok, I surely not going to argue about minor technical details of plan or possible flaws in execution. One question to ponder is how companies like Intuit came into being in first place. Why is doing accounts, filing taxes have to be so detailed and complex that this service is needed by many? If IRS rules and government legislations are published in detail, months/years ahead of enforcement, should a reasonably intelligent person just follow along and file directly without any intermediaries. After all using third party service is not something mandated by law and not using it would result in fine.

by moate 4y ago

tyrfing 4y ago

Could you link some of those precedents?

moate 4y ago
Google is free: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprise Root around in there, plenty of examples of nations taking control of individual companies or entire industries. Feel free to make your own judgements of which were doing it "for the good of the people" vs "to take control of a major income sector in order to enrich a minority of individuals within the government".

the_only_law 4y ago

> I would like to suggest bankrupting the company. It's not "fair" or "just" but it would be in the common good. Interestingly, someone pointed out the same reason is why these companies get bailed out when they fail.

moate 4y ago
That person is a Capitalist, and I am not.

geodel 4y ago

Ok, I surely not going to argue about minor technical details of plan or possible flaws in execution. One question to ponder is how companies like Intuit came into being in first place. Why is doing accounts, filing taxes have to be so detailed and complex that this service is needed by many? If IRS rules and government legislations are published in detail, months/years ahead of enforcement, should a reasonably intelligent person just follow along and file directly without any intermediaries. After all using third party service is not something mandated by law and not using it would result in fine.