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A comment on TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Taxes for Free. Parent comment

Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by taco_emoji on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:28PM (#21286512)
Why is profitability important for a government-run entity?
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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by JoeAltmaier on Friday October 18, 2019 @07:51AM (#21290502)
Because we pay for it. So it should be run without egregious cost overruns, huge administration costs and old technology.
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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by taco_emoji on Friday October 18, 2019 @11:06AM (#21291980)
That sounds like breaking even, not profiting?
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