Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down11cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up33·3 days agoBecause TurboTax lobbied to change the narrative to “we already have private market solutions for tax, therefore the government hosting a no-cost option is actually wasteful and bad for the budget”
minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days ago“Don’t compete with us in this supposed free market”
Because TurboTax lobbied to change the narrative to “we already have private market solutions for tax, therefore the government hosting a no-cost option is actually wasteful and bad for the budget”
“Don’t compete with us in this supposed free market”
wow, complicated.