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A comment on H&R Block and Intuit Lobby Against Free and Simple Tax Filing (2017). Parent comment

Re:H&R Block and Intuit Lobby Against Free and Simple Tax Fi... by notyourwork on Monday January 21, 2019 @12:35AM (#18957903)
> I understand and agree that taxes are important, but if we make it too easy, we make people complacent and the next thing you know, we will wake up with a 75% tax rate.

This is simply not true.

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Re:H&R Block and Intuit Lobby Against Free and Simple Tax Fi... by elyobo on Monday January 21, 2019 @01:28AM (#18958124)
Definitely not true. Even people that have no idea what the rate is will notice if you increase it, because their take home pay will suddenly drop.
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