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Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by ecf on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @07:05PM (#30849463)
> need to be part of this transaction at all

Because Capitalism, in essence, is the optimization of one particular group’s ability to alter how people live their lives in a way that transfers the most wealth from the working class.

America’s economy is a house of cards built around financial middlemen.

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Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by ThunderSizzle on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @07:48PM (#30849827)
I think you meant cronyism.
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Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by eropple on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @08:08PM (#30849985)
If you can find an example of the former that doesn't devolve in short order into the latter, I think you can "I think you meant" him.

I have looked, and I am still waiting.

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Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by imtringued on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @04:37AM (#30852725)
Capitalism without cronyism isn't something people would recognize as capitalism.

Americans would probably still decry it as socialism or communism even though it is very far away from those.

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