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Mr. Bessent (Treasury Secretary) was repeatedly asked during his confirmation hearing whether he would protect DirectFile and he said "Yes" :-) A small snippet
by mandeepj 2y ago
Mr. Bessent (Treasury Secretary) was repeatedly asked during his confirmation hearing whether he would protect DirectFile and he said "Yes" :-)
A small snippet of that conversation. The video recording has much more details -
Do you agree with the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report finding that the Direct File pilot was successful and should be expanded?
Answer: As noted during the hearing, I commit that for this tax season, Direct File will be operative to prevent any disruptions for taxpayers. And if confirmed, I will consult and study the program and understand it better, and evaluate whether it works to serve the best interests of taxpayers.
From page 36 at https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/responses_to_questions_for_the_record_to_scott_bessent.pdf https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/responses_to_qu...
So he evaluated not to expand :-(
- lolinder 2y agoThat's not a Yes, that's a pretty clear No. You just don't speak fluent Politician.
- mandeepj 2y agoYou are right! In his "politician" language, he committed only to this tax season.
- mmooss 2y agoHow is that "politician" language? The speaker is clear and direct.
- intended 2y agoWe Too, remember only the gist of a question, and not its actual words.
- wnevets 2y ago> I will consult and study the program and understand it better, and evaluate whether it works to serve the best interests of taxpayers They were direct about this tax season but that looks like classic politician for "I'm killing it ASAP" to me.
- mmooss 2y agoGood point; I was focused only on the former.