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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by tester457 on Sunday April 16, 2023 @06:57PM (#35594973)
> IRS easily has the information available to estimate and deduct taxes as they are due automatically or via an easy online form. Turbotax and other providers lobby against this for good reason

It's funny how people accept this lowered quality of life despite it being common knowledge that the IRS is purposely worsened to benefit private corporations.

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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by grecy on Sunday April 16, 2023 @07:00PM (#35594990)
>It's funny how people accept this lowered quality of life despite it being common knowledge that the IRS is purposely worsened to benefit private corporations.

You can apply that to education, healthcare, public transport, security.

Virtually every aspect of life in the US right now is made worse than it would otherwise be so that private corporations can extract profit.

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