[purple_ferret]

Elon literally said they would be 'deleted' for being 'far left,' specifically for working on direct file.

Yet, people still seem baffled by what's going on and refuse to accept the maliciousness behind his and Trump's actions. He came out against a public technology service!

It's like Bill Gates being confused about USAID being dismantled and being willfully ignorant that the people dismantling it believe he's part of some sort of global health conspiracy along with Soros.

It's easy to see why they're successful. Their 'opposition' does nothing but roll over.

[colechristensen]

There are things that I at least understand, but who is opposed to direct tax filing and … why?

[mmcwilliams]

Keeping a bad process that no one likes is politically expedient for people who want there to be negative sentiments towards the IRS.

[pbronez]

Same reason there is opposition to municipal ISPs. The theory is the public sector should stay away from anything the private sector could theoretically provide. It assumes the private sector will deliver better goods at lower prices due to market pressures.

[slater]

Intuit and their lobbyists, because.. you guessed it! Money.

[namuol]

Intuit

[preisschild]

So people hate the IRS and politicians can defund the IRS for tech bros and their companies.

[danans]

> It's like Bill Gates being confused about USAID being dismantled and being willfully ignorant that the people dismantling it believe he's part of some sort of global health conspiracy along with Soros.

I really find this kind of seemingly performative "confusion" at what's happening by high profile people (politicians, media, etc) irritating. As if they don't know. It's similar to how they use every euphemism for the word "lie", i.e. "misrepresentation", "mischaracterization", etc, rather than call a lie a lie.