Re:TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing ta...
by TimTheTinker on Thursday October 16, 2025 @12:03PM
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> Conflicts between making things simple and incentivizing a behavior
Yes. When there's a negative behavior that the free market incentivizes, tax code updates can address it without sounding as scary as "More Industry Regulations". Same with social policy and other goals.
A lot of Americans are against the idea of "big government", which incentivizes government to use the tax code and other low-visibility means to accomplish larger goals.
Yes. When there's a negative behavior that the free market incentivizes, tax code updates can address it without sounding as scary as "More Industry Regulations". Same with social policy and other goals.
A lot of Americans are against the idea of "big government", which incentivizes government to use the tax code and other low-visibility means to accomplish larger goals.