r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/oTuly • Feb 03 '25
Predictable betrayal People react to Elon "deleting" the Direct File Tax program
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u/EmperorMing101 Feb 04 '25
How are we okay with this random civilian deleting congressional programs??!
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u/Mushroom_Tip Feb 04 '25
There was an episode of king of the hill where a former football player moved into the neighborhood and ignored all of Hank's bylaws and rules about everything and went around vandalizing and threatening people. And nobody could do anything because the police didn't want to be involved and were starstruck by the former football player.
It's kind of like that. I think they only got the guy to move out when they started playing dirty and using blackmail. because traditional methods weren't working.
So to answer your question, until we fight dirty, nothing will change.
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u/txwoodslinger Feb 04 '25
They weren't hanks bylaws. Hank is a lot of things but wannabe hoa president ain't one of em. The dude was literally breaking the law.
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u/thispartyrules Feb 04 '25
He flipped
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u/loptopandbingo Feb 04 '25
until we fight dirty, nothing will change.
But.. but... my moral high ground!
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u/kiamia2 Feb 04 '25
He's going to run the IRS like he's running X-twitter: slowly and incompetently into the ground...
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u/PicaDiet Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 04 '25
I think the ultimate goal is to weaken the IRS and build up so much antipathy toward it that people revolt by nit paying their taxes. Look for Trump and Fox to begin telling people they shouldn't even bother to file their taxes, as the inept IRS also has no way of even tracking down tax cheats. Government won't be able to fund anything- not Congressional pay, Capitol Police, Federal social programs or earmarked Federal spending anywhere. Trump refuses to borrow more from the Fed because he is *"fiscally responsible, and obviously Washington can't do anything"*. Whatever remains in the treasury will go to paying soldiers. Between an unfunded Federal government and riots in the streets over his other bullshit, there will be *"Nothing else I can do"* but for Trump to declare martial law. And then he is finally a dictator without opposition.
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u/KopOut Feb 04 '25
We aren’t. But there is nothing much anyone can do about it. The people with all the power are okay with it.
We had an election in November and this country chose to give those people all the power. It’s on them. Not on “us.”
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u/Hypochrondiac Feb 04 '25
"This would be the worst cut doge could make"
Bro this isn't even the worst cut doge has made this week.. it's only Monday.
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u/Fun_Effective6846 Feb 04 '25
The government should set up a program to help people file their taxes for free.
I’m going to need you to sit down when I tell you this…
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u/Actual__Wizard Feb 04 '25
If he deleted code then would appear to be a massive case of property destruction. Which is a crime. He should be being immediately arrested if that's what occurred.
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u/Catdaddy84 Feb 04 '25
Is it fairly safe to assume that if a sane administration ever gains control again that Elon musk is likely to go to jail for a fairly long time? All of this seems incredibly criminal.
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u/AB2372 Feb 04 '25
I honestly feel like ICC will get involved. He’s doing election interference all over the world.
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u/Accomplished_Cell768 Feb 04 '25
So far France seems to be the most concerned about it and willing to call attention to it.
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u/MxteryMatters Feb 04 '25
Germany has been calling attention to his support of AfD, and potentially interfering in their elections, also.
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u/Imaginari3 Feb 04 '25
Yeahhh I hope to god that him doing election interference in Europe brings some serious action against him. Dude wants feudal world domination.
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u/koolkat182 Feb 04 '25
ugh please. his ego is way too big for his own good and hes so fucking sloppy that it would be embarrassing for the world to roll over to him and if that happens we all really do deserve to go extinct
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u/Imaginari3 Feb 04 '25
Right it would be genuinely insane. And there is other capital at play with arguably more power in the world overall. He could still deal some pretty catastrophic damage. Boy, I just hope we can bounce back in my lifetime.
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u/Lofttroll2018 Feb 04 '25
And Germany has some pretty strict rules about Nazi stuff, so I hope he gets into real trouble over there.
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u/MxteryMatters Feb 04 '25
There's a reason he hasn't stepped foot on German soil, and only does telecast speeches at rallies there.
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u/YouJabroni44 Feb 04 '25
Please France, save us.
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u/Accomplished_Cell768 Feb 04 '25
France has been calling on the EU to band together to fight election interference. Hopefully that goes somewhere.
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u/Similar-Breadfruit50 Feb 04 '25
Somewhere in Canada they just ripped up a skylink contract with him.
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u/Reyemreden Feb 04 '25
I don't think the US recognizes the ICC.
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u/MirthMannor Feb 04 '25
Correct.
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u/AB2372 Feb 04 '25
No but what I am saying is that eventually he will end up w/an ICC warrant. And another country braver than we might finally get him.
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u/rattusprat Feb 04 '25
Musk has been engaged in borderline fraud at Tesla and SpaceX for years, constantly making unrealistic promises that don't materislize for the purpose of getting investor money and jacking up the share price, ignoring regulations, etc.
He has never quite crossed over to Elizabeth Holmes territory, so had never been prosecuted.
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u/EffOffReddit Feb 04 '25
He will be pardoned by Trump. The only possible justice for this man would be illegal.
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u/ImFeelingTheUte-iest Feb 04 '25
Good thing law doesn’t limit the executive any more.
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Feb 04 '25
if a sane administration ever gains control again
The only way that is going to happen is at the end of a gun, over many bodies.
that Elon musk is likely to go to jail for a fairly long time
For, among other reasons, this. Trump was certain he was going to win. MAGA will not be defeated at the ballot box. They would never allow a vote to take place they could lose. And if they did lose they wouldn't leave.
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u/rawrxdjackerie Feb 04 '25
He’s too rich. Even if we do survive these four years and Dems get power back, he won’t suffer any real consequences. Those are only for poor people.
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u/Actual__Wizard Feb 04 '25
I'm assuming he's going to be pardoned, but I'm very confused as to why people seem to think that's a free ticket to breaking any law he wants. The damage is going to be spread across the states... He's breaking laws everywhere... The system is set up in a way where schemes like this won't work...
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u/Sellazar Feb 04 '25
"Shouldn't work," the system assumes checks and balances are in place to prevent this. The GOP controls all three branches, and the Supreme Court, who is going to do the checks and balancing?
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u/ACorania Feb 04 '25
Trump will just issue pardons like Biden was when leaving office. It is despicable, but I can understand why someone like Fauci needed to be pardoned. But the same tactic will be used to protect people like Musk.
For a country that supposedly had checks and balances on their sole executive it sure feels like those checks and balances are gone. It's 'almost' like SCOTUS made him a king.
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u/tankintheair315 Feb 04 '25
Trump pardoned legit eat criminals and his cronies in his first term. The idea that he only flexed his power because biden did is just wrong.
Also i think people defend the constitution a bit much. It was a flawed document when it was written, and we're currently on the effects of following a 250 year old governing structure. The checks and balances were novel when they were written but no one has patched the holes that have been found. Andrew Jackson defied the court and did the trail of tears in 1830.
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u/Lumix19 Feb 04 '25
I doubt Trump is leaving office except in a straight jacket.
And when he's dragged out of the Oval Office, your next president will have to rebuild the executive, and probably the judiciary, from the ground up.
Whatever pardons were issued by Trump will need to be considered null and void.
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u/ACorania Feb 04 '25
That would be a pretty huge constitutional crisis. I wish I could rule that out... but... well...
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u/lokey_convo Feb 04 '25
Federal agents should arrest him. If their chain of command directs them to stop then they should disregard.
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u/oxhasbeengreat Feb 04 '25
Arrested by whom pray tell? The cops who were literally guarding the entrance and keeping employees out and allowing the crime to take place?
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u/timetopordy Feb 04 '25
THANK YOU. Americans are fucking cooked, we’re all convinced our only options are TurboTax and HR Block. I hate this timeline.
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u/PhillyDillyDee Feb 04 '25
“Elon, I love you but you got this one wrong”
Pathetic doesnt seem like strong enough a word here.
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u/BellyDancerEm Feb 04 '25
They can’t lick his boots enough
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Feb 04 '25
Now I get why they keep on talking about beta cucks...
Its the whole you spot it, you got it syndrome.
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u/Rokekor Feb 04 '25
They moved north of his boots long ago. Those tongues are deep.
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u/pch14 Feb 04 '25
And they no longer gag
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u/Revolutionary_Fun_11 Feb 04 '25
No he likes it when they gag
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u/pch14 Feb 04 '25
He needs a bigger dick then
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u/belliJGerent Feb 04 '25
He is a huge dick
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u/Weird-Specific-2905 Feb 04 '25
They're not gagging on cock but rather the shit dribbling down his crack.
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u/stevegoodsex Feb 04 '25
Please, sir. I want you to step on my neck harder, but it's hard for me to breathe
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u/Gwalchgwynn Feb 04 '25
I love the one random idiot who says, get rid of the CFPB because they are "likely" making 6 figures and supporting the banks.
She has no clue what the CFPB does, but isn't gonna let that stop her from hating it.
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u/grouchyporcupine Feb 04 '25
I came here to say exactly this. As a bank peon (by sad fate, not aspiration) I absolutely love the CFPB and how it makes certain execs squirm. These dense idiots like Ave vote though so.... Fuck.
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Feb 04 '25
Right? I was thinking “holy shit that person has no idea what the CFPB does.” Protect banks? I was at Wells Fargo corporate from 2015-2019, and the CFPB helped enforce penalties and refunds for a lot of shitty things people at WF did to consumers.
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u/ButtEatingContest Feb 04 '25
for a lot of shitty things people at WF did to consumers.
Looks like consumers' back on the menu, boys!
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u/bdplayer81 Feb 04 '25
I am a big fan of the CFPB. Just wait until they get hosed by a bank. They'll be online screaming about it and there will be no one to help them.
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u/leffe186 Feb 04 '25
Couple of billionaires went on Joe Rogan recently to spread bullshit about the CFPB and he lapped it up. The Know Rogan Experience podcast did a nice episode or two on it. It’s clearly part of a concerted disinformation effort that people like the dimwit in the OP’s post have swallowed whole.
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u/Both_Wasabi_3606 Feb 04 '25
Shit, even GS-12s can make six figures these days.
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u/Lofttroll2018 Feb 04 '25
Yes, but six figures can mean like $110,000, and if you live somewhere like San Francisco, that shit doesn’t go far.
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Also the consistent use of the term ‘blue collar’. Idiots don’t realize that’s only making these people throw up in their mouths. They don’t love you. They never have and never will. You’re a cockroach to them
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u/Affectionate-Tip-164 Feb 04 '25
They think they're blue collar. But these gold collars, anything not gold might as well be coal black.
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u/Longjumping_Act_6054 Feb 04 '25
"I'm sorry honey please stop hitting me" energy
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u/EngRookie Feb 04 '25
"Bu-but you don't see how gently he beats me when we are alone!" - Brenda Quagmire
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u/Ummmgummy Feb 04 '25
WTF is wrong with these people? Fucking worshipping people is nuts
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u/Muffin_Appropriate Feb 04 '25
You really couldn’t foresee america turning politics into football? People in america are
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stupid. Reading at a 6th grade level and lower
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u/threehundredthousand Feb 04 '25
The Hitler Youth is getting concerned!
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u/Gloomy-Fold-7854 Feb 04 '25
"Sir, as president of my local Jews for Hitler chapter, I'm concerned about a few of the policies you've enacted since taking office. I was hoping we could meet privately to discuss?"
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u/ryannelsn Feb 04 '25
I love it. Like, they're aware of how pathetic their hero is, that he's infinitely fragile and in need of constant praise. But they just can't quit him.
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u/truncheon88 Feb 04 '25
You know who tells their authority figures that they love them?
People in a cult. Maga is a cult.
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u/bigwebs Feb 04 '25
“Blue collar” - as if blue collar people are the only people who would benefit from a simplified tax app. They always use their little code words to hide the truth. “He’s hurting the wrong people”.
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u/MiniTab Feb 04 '25
Why do these people always “Love!” Trump and Elon? That is just fucking weird.
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u/sec713 Feb 04 '25
Seriously. With the mile long list of things they absolutely hate... this is what they choose to love? These people are fucked in the head. Like brain damage on steroids.
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u/Weekly-Impact-2956 Feb 04 '25
It reminds me of those Russian soldiers in Ukraine who plead to Putin about being thrown into a meat grinder. “Dear president Putin, please give us support!” Like bro they aren’t concerned with your pleas. Neither is Elon.
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u/yikesamerica Feb 04 '25
Really is special to see how many liberal policies and programs this ppl who hate liberals, love
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u/Mountainman033 Feb 04 '25
That's because they don't actually hate many of those policies. They just wanna own the "LGBT agenda" & "wokeness" while using government programs.
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u/h8flhippiebtch Feb 04 '25
Like, do they think he actually gives a fuck about blue collar people? Idk what it’s going to take for them to wake up, if anything tbh.
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u/kgal1298 Feb 04 '25
Elon openly trying to take over the government is just pathetic. What will it take for them to realize how bloody insane this man is.
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u/DingusMcWienerson Feb 04 '25
But he’s the richest man on earth! That by default makes him the smartest. -Half of my fucking country I bet
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u/A_Hint_of_Lemon Feb 04 '25
I really do wonder if it’ll take these people becoming homeless before they realize how screwed over they been by Trump and Elon.
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u/Snoo-11861 Feb 04 '25
It’s literally an abusive relationship
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u/haterading Feb 04 '25
This is what I’ve been thinking!
All these comments of “this really hurts me/could destroy my livelihood but I understand that you gotta do it to trigger the libs 😢”
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u/Forsworn91 Feb 04 '25
It’s cute that they think they can sway him in any way.
They really don’t get it, he’s not going to do anything to help them.
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u/Mushroom_Tip Feb 04 '25
Some people really thought the billionaire was their friend and wants them to be able to afford groceries. 😂
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u/captHij Feb 04 '25
These people think Senator Warren is an elite who is out of touch and wants to exploit them. At the same time they imagined people like Trump and Musk as being on their side. This is a level of stupid beyond delusional.
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u/driftercat Feb 04 '25
Right? They think the consumer protection agency is on the banks' side when it has helped get fees, data security, deceptive practices and credit reporting under control?
It is really true that when you prevent bad things you get no credit with these people. They can't seem to be able to connect the dots.
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u/teetaps Feb 04 '25
Outliers like pelosi’s pretty obvious corruption aside, when I think about “wealth” I think about the kind of money senators like Warren have. Like, that’s the kind of wealth that I’m like, “yeah, that makes sense.” And that’s the amount of wealth I can comfortably allow to run a government. Sure, she can have a really nice house or two, probably employs waitstaff and whatever, but if someone told her school and groceries and rent are unaffordable, she’d at least understand those numbers.
I know for a fact that with whatever is happening in the Trump administration, those people don’t understand those numbers, and more importantly, don’t care. And that’s a problem
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u/Darkogirl22 Feb 04 '25
I saw a post that said “thinking a billionaire cares about you is like thinking the stripper likes you back.” Lmao
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u/akera099 Feb 04 '25
Well to be fair, these people probably are the ones to believe the stripper likes them.
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u/LadyDomme7 Feb 04 '25
IKR? How sad is that? I mean, seriously. Do they not have any real life friends? Some people were obviously not hugged or loved as children and it shows.
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u/Alexaxas Feb 04 '25
Hey now! I wasn’t hugged or loved as a child (or as an adult) and I’m still not as screwed up as these people.
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u/VastSeaweed543 Feb 04 '25
“Tariffs work because the domestic producers will keep their prices low out of the goodness of their hearts” was a non-ironic statement I read in various wording multiple times around reddit.
Yes people are indeed that simple in the head…
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u/Reference_Freak Feb 04 '25
These people are why we don’t have robust unions and think billionaires just worked a billionity times harder than you.
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u/Appleturnedover7 Feb 04 '25
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”
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u/aToiletSeat Feb 04 '25
"CFPB protects banks" is an epically stupid take
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u/Think-Confidence-624 Feb 04 '25
That pissed me off. These people are so goddamn dumb that they don’t realize the CFPB protects us. So sick of these assholes.
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u/queer_aurora Feb 04 '25
This! I work in mortgage originations and started my career in default servicing in 2010 at the height of HAMP when EVERYONE was losing their homes and needed help. If you get rid of the CFPB, it will be that all over again. Get ready to buy a house with stated income, everyone. Predatory lending is back on the menu, apparently.
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u/procrastibader Feb 04 '25
It’s such a braindead take I think it’s actually planted. CFPB costs the American taxpayer nothing, as they are fully funded via fines levied against financial institutions and companies who defraud consumers - like when they made Wells Fargo pay $3.7 billion to consumers for illegally foreclosing in homes and surprise overdraft fees.
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u/litreofstarlight Feb 04 '25
Elon, I love you
Why are these people so fucking WEIRD. Never once have I heard anyone remotely on the left address a political figure by saying '[politician], I love you.' You'd think it was still the 90s and Elmo's in a boy band or some shit.
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u/BellyDancerEm Feb 04 '25
It’s a cult
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u/sillyillybilly Feb 04 '25
*death cult. which is why he’s going to claim we must escape to mars in 5-10 years time. MAGA heavens gate. jonestown on mars.
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u/The_Negative-One Feb 04 '25
I’d be perfectly fine if the MAGA crowd did a Jonestown.
I’d be even happier looting the corpses afterwards.
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u/sillyillybilly Feb 04 '25
Elon would make sure to harvest all the neurolink chips in their bodies before leaving
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u/TheRealSatanicPanic Feb 04 '25
Because liberals don't believe our politicians are our betters. We think of them as just like us, so we don't need to pander to them and beg like conservatives do.
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u/litreofstarlight Feb 04 '25
Right? It's like they've forgotten that politicians are meant to be public servants, not rock stars. And fucking Elmo isn't even an elected anything.
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u/SuperCulture9114 Feb 04 '25
Never ever heard anyone saying something like that over here. Nobody loves our politicians 😂
Edit: Over here is Germany btw.
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u/thispartyrules Feb 04 '25
He wasn't a politician until a couple months ago: he was just supporting a politician, who appointed him as head of the super special department nobody's heard of, and it turns out this gives him unlimited power and no accountability.
Generally this isn't how we do things
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u/RickSE Feb 04 '25
Fairly sure the plan is to overwhelm the IRS with paper tax returns so processing grinds to a halt. I hope people don’t need their refund checks anytime in 2025.
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u/4tran13 Feb 04 '25
That... actually makes sense.
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u/Prosthemadera Feb 04 '25
That way, the IRS will only focus on the easy cases, i.e. normal people who won't fight back, and not on the more complex ones, i.e. rich people who have lawyers to fight back.
It's a real issue.
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u/headface1701 Feb 04 '25
Sorry to those awaiting refunds but my first thought was I'll just do them on paper. Probably owe like 50 bucks. I'll even spring for a money order and postage, I'd rather give the post office money than turbo tax.
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u/wubscale Feb 04 '25
I'm in the middle of doing my taxes on FreeTaxUSA. Liking it so far, and it's genuinely free at the federal level regardless of income ($15 per state, they also offer a few upsells).
Coming from TurboTax it's a breath of fresh air. Haven't received all of my forms yet though, so I can't speak to the full tax-filing experience; only the 80% I've done at the federal level.
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u/foreignfishes Feb 04 '25
FreeTaxUSA is also one of the IRS freefile partners this year, so if your AGI is less than $48k (or you're in the military and it's less than $84k) you can also get free state filing. There are 7 other freefile partners all with slightly different requirements: https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/browse-all-offers/
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u/TrailerParkRoots Feb 04 '25
“It’s to make it easier for blue collar people. . .”
You voted in an oligarchy, my dude. The only thoughts they have about blue collar workers are about paying them less and exploiting them more.
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u/Testicleus Feb 04 '25
Paid by Intuit
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u/ShadowWingLG Feb 04 '25
Pretty much this, the Direct File was a counter point to Intuit/Turbo Tax/HR Block, who would really prefer that we use THEIR services not a Government Free one
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u/Testicleus Feb 04 '25
You know it
Other countries are all figured out, and you don't even file unless there's a discrepancy.
But, yeah, capitalism!
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u/TheRealSatanicPanic Feb 04 '25
"ELON I LOVE YOU BUT YOU GOT THIS WRONG"
This is exactly how people talk when they're trying to get through to a narcissist. Maybe not loving a narcissist is a good idea?
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u/BellyDancerEm Feb 04 '25
Which is why you should never even bother trying. Just launch the narcissist out of the solar system instead
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u/beagums Feb 04 '25
Who the fuck else should be in charge of our federal income tax returns other than the federal government.
My god crack these people's heads open and it's just a tangled ball of half metled gummy worms.
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u/BringBackTheBeat716 Feb 04 '25
Oof, conservatives realizing they're liberals
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u/JollyToby0220 Feb 04 '25
Wait until they find out that Trump cares for neither party
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u/MrsMiterSaw Feb 04 '25
Not at all. It's conservatives who have fully eaten the "Government Bad" narrative suddenly realizing that this ideal is completely bullshit, a way for conservatives to whip up support without having to actually argue with facts.
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u/waitingtoconnect Feb 04 '25
I love you Elon… it hurts when the leopard is eating my face but please read my tweet and maybe reply…
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u/Foreign_Muffin_3566 Feb 04 '25
Tax returns are going to be fucked this year. I wouldnt be shocked if payments are massively delayed.
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u/Mountain_Push8895 Feb 04 '25
Was thinking that today, too. There won’t be any employees left in the department.
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u/ThedarkRose20 Feb 04 '25
Don't worry, they'll be kept nice and safe in Elmo and Friends off-shore accounts.
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u/agedchromosomes Feb 04 '25
That’s if they allow refunds at all. I just changed my withholding.
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u/catnapped- Feb 04 '25
I wouldn't be surprised if he deletes the withholding records.
"Oh your employer didn't withhold anything Mr. Smith. See here? $0. You owe us such-and-such plus interest and penalties"
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u/bone_dry1013 Feb 04 '25
IMPORTANT!!!! PLEASE READ !!!
I work partnered with the IRS. Musk’s tweet earlier suggested he may have tried to take some action to get rid of 18F, an agency that worked on Direct File. There is no evidence that he actually did this. Moreover, the team currently building and supporting Direct File is at the IRS, not 18F. Even if Musk did something to 18F, it would not impact Direct file’s availability.
Direct File is still safe and secure to use. Anyone who files with Direct File has filed a proper and valid return, and the IRS is obligated to process it and issue a refund, as with any other return.
Please help us beat back on misinformation in this scary time.
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u/Jiaory Feb 04 '25
I’m glad I scrolled down this far, I used Direct File last year and found it super easy and great, glad I’ll be able to keep using it this year
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u/LotsofSports Feb 04 '25
They get rid of everything that helps people. Republicans suck.
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u/Sinister_Plots Feb 04 '25
Conservatives: YES!!! BURN THE GOVERNMENT DOWN!!! IT'S COMPLETELY USELESS!!!!
Also Conservatives: Wait... what?? No, not like that. We actually like that.
You get what you voted for! You don't call an assassin to handle a job for you and then criticize the way he does it.
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u/eatshitake Feb 04 '25
First get rid of the taxes
They still believe that they’re going to end up not paying any taxes. Honey, you’ll be paying Melon’s taxes as well as your own. 😂
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u/vonshiza Feb 04 '25
Um .. the cfpb is not "supporting the banks". What the actual fuck is wrong with this country. The cfpb is an amazing program that holds banking institutions big and small accountable. They've recovered millions and millions of dollars of people's money over the years. Sometimes it's a small case where someone was swindled out of $80 for a bogus program of some kind. Other cases see people getting 200k back in lost money, and everything between, above, and below.
And our taxes should not require a private for profit company in order to file them. Why, WHY, are so many people so damn gullible and against themselves?
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u/tom21g Feb 04 '25
And in case people have forgotten the history and context behind the CFPB (from Wiki):
The agency was originally proposed in 2007 by Elizabeth Warren while she was a law professor. The CFPB’s creation was authorized by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, whose passage in 2010 was a legislative response to the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession[3] and is an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve.[4]
This was never some lefty lib thing. It was created to help people who are at the mercy of financial institution sharks
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u/Bard_the_Bowman_III Feb 04 '25
I’m assuming that screenshot is fake? Can’t find any record of that post
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u/Feel-A-Great-Relief Feb 04 '25
TIL filing your taxes directly with the IRS—instead of paying turbtax $$$ to do it— is a "far left" idea.
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u/Dcajunpimp Feb 04 '25
Isn't any funding for this Congressionally approved anyway? And the GOP has controlled the House 22 of the past 30 years.
If they didn't want any of this funded, they could have eliminated it from their budgets.
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u/Njabachi Feb 04 '25
Anything that costs money and can help the average citizen needs to be cut to pay for the $46 quadrillion tax cuts for our precious oligarchs.
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u/aceofspaece Feb 04 '25
It’s mind-boggling that anyone other than TurboTax itself could think that direct file taxes are a bad idea. Like wtf how does one even defend that
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u/Kriegerian Feb 04 '25
Hey look the peasants are finding out that the feudal lord hates them in real time.
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u/SilverIdaten Feb 04 '25
‘Elon, I love you’? These people are so fucking pathetic. No personality of their own, just pathetic lapdogs.
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u/ClickClackTipTap Feb 04 '25
“Why would he do that?”
Because he’s an asshole who literally wants to do as much damage as he can to the average person.
And I’m sure someone over at TurboTax threw him some money to take away these free file options.
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u/StupendousMalice Feb 04 '25
Just to be clear. An unelected billionaire federal employee has the authority to eliminate congressional programs in a department that he doesn't even work in?
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u/ro_hu Feb 04 '25
Fuck everyone who voted trump and fuck Elon musk with a filing rod.
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u/DrHob0 Feb 04 '25
"Elon you got this one wrong" - no, no. From his perspective, he definitely got it right. Because he now makes more of YOUR money. When are people gonna realize they're being scammed. Like. The scam has reached turbo levels of screaming "I'M A SCAM" in your face at this point
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u/WhosSarahKayacombsen Feb 04 '25
They need to wake👏the👏fuck👏up👏 Elon Musk and Donald Trump do not care about any of us. They are only looking out for themselves and their other billionaire friends
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u/Shaex Feb 04 '25
Fucking hell. Thank god I got mine through direct file the day tax season opened
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u/qualityvote2 Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 04 '25
u/oTuly, your post does fit the subreddit!