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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by tempestn on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @08:11PM (#13991830)
It was popular among people who got to try the pilot program. That doesn't necessarily mean it would be popular among the general public, especially opponents campaigning heavily against it.
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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by fattire on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @09:04PM (#13992065)
It doesn't necessarily mean that, but it's the strongest evidence I could possibly imagine that it would.
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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by tempestn on Thursday March 30, 2017 @12:09AM (#13992813)
It's strong evidence, yes. And I certainly support the change. I'm just saying I don't think it would be a given just because the pilot program was popular among participants. People vote against their interests all the time when campaigned in the right way.

Edit: Also I noticed my previous comment was missing a word. Should have been, "Especially with opponents campaigning heavily against it."

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