Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1292arrow-down1external-linkIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up33·1 year 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-up8·1 year 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.