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JD Champagne's avatar

The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the *free, government-run*

So, not free, got it

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Jadrian Wooten's avatar

I'd be more pedantic if I believed that the IRS's operating budget would decrease after removing this, but we're just going to fund them the same amount for providing fewer services.

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Jadrian Wooten's avatar

Also, I hate TurboTax more. The government knows how much I owe them; just tell me that number and don't make me guess.

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JD Champagne's avatar

Go to the 0:20 mark

https://youtu.be/2CdsAqq875U?si=H3nAF5Tq8h_5PLZS

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Jadrian Wooten's avatar

Adam Conover radicalized me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj4anUL-LvY

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JD Champagne's avatar

He covered the real reason *filing taxes* sucks. The reason *taxes* suck is because they're coercive.

/pedant

He's not wrong, though!

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