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Re:IRS Direct File to open to all 50 states and D.C. for 202... by dpc050505 on Friday May 31, 2024 @02:22PM (#40538626)
>We only want to maximize national wealth after we've funded government services fully and redistributed wealth

There's a chicken or the egg issue here. If your country isn't rich enough to fund government services such as education, transport and healthcare you need some economic development first.

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Re:IRS Direct File to open to all 50 states and D.C. for 202... by mjamesaustin on Friday May 31, 2024 @03:54PM (#40539512)
Except we are vastly more wealthy than needed to provide these services. Wealth inequality is so laughably bad that a tax on just a handful of mega rich billionaires could cover the cost of many important social services.
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Re:IRS Direct File to open to all 50 states and D.C. for 202... by webninja on Saturday June 01, 2024 @10:11AM (#40545896)
Are you sure? Have you ever tried to balance the federal budget?
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