“It was a huge signal to politicians everywhere how much Intuit cares about this,” Mr. Bankman said. “People in other states who had been interested in it start

“It was a huge signal to politicians everywhere how much Intuit cares about this,” Mr. Bankman said. “People in other states who had been interested in it started saying, ‘We just don’t want to pick a fight with Intuit.’” Intuit is not a human being. It is a corporation. A legal fiction. It doesn't "care" about anything, nor does it have fights picked with "it". It can't autonomously decide to spend millions on lobbying. There are executives who make decisions to keep the tax system complex through lobbying, so that they can extract wealth from the rest of us and enjoy it for themselves and their families. I understand that this is a standard reporting convention, but reporters need to call the executives who make these decisions to account. They shouldn't go to corporate PR to do this. Once the media and public refuse to buy into corporate person-hood, we could see corporations behaving better.