Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down12cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1283arrow-down1external-linkIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 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-up7·2 days ago“Don’t compete with us in this supposed free market”
why did trump try to kill it?
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.