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Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days ago

IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It

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IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It

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Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days ago
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The tax man won't be happy about this.
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  • loomy@lemy.lol
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    why did trump try to kill it?

    • Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Because TurboTax lobbied to change the narrative to “we already have private market solutions for tax, therefore the government hosting a no-cost option is actually wasteful and bad for the budget”

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        “Don’t compete with us in this supposed free market”

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    This works so long as DOGE doesn’t get into the IRS offices and start turning off all the APIs.

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      With the way things have been going I’m starting to wonder if they even know what an API is, lol

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