Opinion: Why are Democrats helping Republicans do the bidding of the tax-prep industry?
The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington in March 2013. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 9 at 3:33 PM As a liberal, I spend much of my time being appalled by the things that President Trump and the Republican Party are doing. But every now and again, members of both parties reach across the aisle and come together to do something appalling in a bipartisan way.
You’re damn right it would. This is classic rent-seeking, where companies manipulate the political system to enhance their own interests at the expense of the public interest. Why don’t we have something like that here? Therein lies a tale of greed and political cowardice, my friends. If you want to learn more you can read about it here, or listen to this episode of the NPR podcast “Planet Money.
Never heard of Free File? Of course you haven't. Only a tiny portion of the population uses it, because they barely publicize it. So the companies get to claim they're helping low-income people while ensuring that we lock in the current system and guarantee their profits.
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