Yeah, it's incredibly dumb to pay Turbo Tax when you could just fill in the forms yourself for free. But that has nothing to do with Direct File.

Not only are Americans dumb, they're incredibly ego driven and stubborn. That means Americans always think they're right. Everyone else is doing it wrong.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing after they've tried everything else.

I'm American. If you don't buy into the insane status-symbol ego culture, it's daily insanity of excess consumption and selfishness.

The worst part is no one wants to hear this. There's a crazy culture of "Saying anything is mean". We shove our heads in the dirt all the time.