Musk says he 'deleted' IRS easy filing team that let Americans file taxes for free online
Musk says he 'deleted' IRS easy filing team that let Americans file taxes for free online
In a post on X, unelected government official Elon Musk revealed that he has cut the staff of the Internal Revenue Service that oversaw the system that allows Americans to file their taxes for free easily on its website.A right-wing MAGA influencer called the "direct file" tax program a "far left go...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25117460
Summary
Elon Musk claimed on X that he eliminated the IRS team responsible for the "Direct File" program, which allows Americans to file taxes online for free.
His statement came in response to a right-wing influencer criticizing the program as government overreach.
However, the Treasury Department confirms that the Direct File system remains active, offering free tax filing with customer support.
The program, available in English and Spanish, is optional, allowing taxpayers to choose between using it or filing their taxes manually.
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His statement came in response to a right-wing influencer criticizing the program as government overreach.
... HOW????? This movement simply has no real agenda or philosophy - they just want to burn everything down.
This movement simply has no real agenda or philosophy - they just want to burn everything down.
That is the agenda
Sorry - I don't mean "agenda" in the weird meaningless pejorative way that partisans use it but rather in the more traditional "plan of things to be done" manner. Like - these people have no problem statement with "here is how we will fix it".
Private companies and consultants make millions on tax advice. Wrongly filed tax returns result in fines. Need I continue?
Yes, causing chaos is part of their "plan of things to be done."
If you want to know their agenda, read Project 2025.
I took what you said as the traditional meaning, there is no "fixing" unless destruction is fixing. Their "agenda", imo, is to tear down as much as possible, crash the economy, then buy up everything that they can; housing, businesses, etc
The government providing a free service that private companies charge for is considered overreach by the wealthy elite who stand to gain from holding a monopoly over access to a necessary thing.
Disclaimer: I don't agree with this but providing a possible rationale. They believe the government is overreaching because "easy" tax filing has been privatized and it would harm those businesses. Never mind those businesses harm people
That seems a reasonable guess...
They literally ran on dismantling our government and the majority of voting Americans voted for them.
For the first time in my life I'm seriously considering getting citizenship elsewhere. Nothing good can happen for the future of this nation with a populace that stupid.
It's over.
The slimmest majority of the minority of Americans who voted
Anyone of voting age that didn't vote is just as bad as anyone that voted for this.
There's your supermajority of stupid Americans.
Have you ever seen someone on social media who CLEARLY did not read the post they are responding to but saw a mention of AI or the word "implication" and posted the same tired old meme for points? And then notice that actually works because the vast majority of the internet doesn't want to discuss anything and just want to giggle at their comfort memes?
It is like that. Except they also want to enslave all lgbtq+ folk, brown people, and women. All while lining their pockets.
That's the agenda. Burn everything down.