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Here here! And, that is honestly the best. It’s why we have a republic and not a “pure democracy”. Nobody likes taxes, but other than having to interface with t

• bell-cot 3y ago
  /s, perhaps? Summed across the whole economy, the total $X being paid to America's "Tax-Industrial Complex" is vastly more than the total $Y that it'd cost to have an efficient government-run system.
  • ghaff 3y ago
    I expect most of the people who spend substantial amounts of time/money on doing taxes in the US would spend substantial time/money on taxes in most other countries too--unless it's a country where a lot of people basically evade paying taxes at all.
  • vonwoodson 3y ago
    “Tax-Industrial Conplex”?! If you had something to say, it’s now lost behind your rhetoric. "Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation" does not commute to H&R Block. This is a foolish misquote that absolutely reeks of an appeal to (false) authority. I also disagree that a new government tax program would be more efficient than the established market-rate tax preparation businesses. Let alone vastly more efficient. Magical thinking doesn’t help anyone solve anything.
• JohnFen 3y ago
  > I can pay H&R Block $X or pay $Y more in taxes. I'd much rather my money go to the government than to tax preparers, though.
  • vonwoodson 3y ago
    On what planet is it better to give money back to The Government rather than back into the economy?!