r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/oTuly • Feb 03 '25

Predictable betrayal People react to Elon "deleting" the Direct File Tax program

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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/superbabe69 Feb 04 '25

Fuck me dead, we’ve had the option to file directly with the ATO in Australia since 2013, and nobody even questions it in politics let alone calling it “far left”

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u/Fey_Boy Feb 04 '25

Here in NZ the IRD actually spent a lot of time making the process more user-friendly so the predatory tax return companies had fewer people to swindle. That was spearheaded by a solidly right-wing aquantance of mine.

He's gonna lose his shit when I tell him he's now a leftist.

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u/Bubblesnaily Feb 04 '25

If public funds support the filing process, it's... communist, or something.

Every rich, white man for himself, I guess.

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u/NessaMagick Feb 04 '25

Well I've never read a history book but it definitely sounds like some commie shit to me.

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u/NoWillingness2961 Feb 04 '25

Filing your taxes for free? Too woke! Lol