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Why do we need to keep the tax prep software industry happy and maximize their revenue?

dave333 3y ago
Why have any capitalism? Because the alternatives like communism are disastrous. If we want a complex tax system tax prep companies serve a useful function.
- cumshitpiss 3y ago
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- lossolo 3y ago
  If their product is better than the free government app, and users find the government app not good enough, they will win anyway. If it's not better, then they will not. I don't see a problem here.
- wahnfrieden 3y ago
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- chucksmash 3y ago
  Thats quite a leap to go from "why should we care about keeping these particular companies happy?" to "why do you hate capitalism?"
- landemva 3y ago
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  - Clubber 3y ago
    And that's hyperbole.
    - landemva 3y ago
      Hyperbole is "speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound bigger, better, more, etc. than they are". https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hyperbole https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hyperbol... IRS can lien assets, sieze assets, and imprison people. IRS is hiring armed employees. https://www.jobs.irs.gov/resources/job-descriptions/irs-criminal-investigation-special-agent https://www.jobs.irs.gov/resources/job-descriptions/irs-crim...
      - Clubber 3y ago
        Let me guess, you think forcing children to have an education is also slavery.
        landemva 3y ago
        Being forced into paying the federal government a portion of wages because a person happened to be born within the federal government land mass is taking the fruits of a person's work. Slaves are born into the slave owner's plantation. Don't pay and be punished by the slave master. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/slavery https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/slave... Going to school, at no charge to student with free lunch, is probably preferrable to working in the mines or factory at age ten. If you are concerned about government-run education, you can home school your children.
        Clubber 3y ago
        You're not forced to work. Go to any big city, you'll see plenty of people who don't. You can just leech off everyone else's taxes, plenty of people do.
- madeofpalk 3y ago
  I promise you there is a middle ground between govt. propping up a valueless industry, and outright communism. …wait. Anyway, plenty of other capitalist countries have significantly easier filing.
- nitwit005 3y ago
  The government intervening to keep an industry afloat, particularly an industry that only exists because of complex government regulations, is about as far from capitalism as you can get.

Why have any capitalism? Because the alternatives like communism are disastrous. If we want a complex tax system tax prep companies serve a useful function.

cumshitpiss 3y ago
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lossolo 3y ago
If their product is better than the free government app, and users find the government app not good enough, they will win anyway. If it's not better, then they will not. I don't see a problem here.
wahnfrieden 3y ago
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chucksmash 3y ago
Thats quite a leap to go from "why should we care about keeping these particular companies happy?" to "why do you hate capitalism?"
landemva 3y ago
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- Clubber 3y ago
  And that's hyperbole.
  - landemva 3y ago
    Hyperbole is "speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound bigger, better, more, etc. than they are". https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hyperbole https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hyperbol... IRS can lien assets, sieze assets, and imprison people. IRS is hiring armed employees. https://www.jobs.irs.gov/resources/job-descriptions/irs-criminal-investigation-special-agent https://www.jobs.irs.gov/resources/job-descriptions/irs-crim...
    - Clubber 3y ago
      Let me guess, you think forcing children to have an education is also slavery.
      - landemva 3y ago
        Being forced into paying the federal government a portion of wages because a person happened to be born within the federal government land mass is taking the fruits of a person's work. Slaves are born into the slave owner's plantation. Don't pay and be punished by the slave master. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/slavery https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/slave... Going to school, at no charge to student with free lunch, is probably preferrable to working in the mines or factory at age ten. If you are concerned about government-run education, you can home school your children.
        Clubber 3y ago
        You're not forced to work. Go to any big city, you'll see plenty of people who don't. You can just leech off everyone else's taxes, plenty of people do.
madeofpalk 3y ago
I promise you there is a middle ground between govt. propping up a valueless industry, and outright communism. …wait. Anyway, plenty of other capitalist countries have significantly easier filing.
nitwit005 3y ago
The government intervening to keep an industry afloat, particularly an industry that only exists because of complex government regulations, is about as far from capitalism as you can get.