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0 pointsbelval3y ago0 comments

I don't think it's a Republican thing, the Liberal party and the NPD in Canada are both left-leaning and they have a majority yet they aren't pushing for this.

Pretty sure it's just run-of-the-mill lobbying and corruption unfortunately. A typical "think of the jobs!" type of thing.

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dwohnitmok3y ago

What parent is referring to is not just lack of pushing for it, but active campaigning against automatic filing. Not a "think of the jobs" but "automatic filing is intrinsically bad."

See e.g. http://reason.org/files/ba148cd5babdda39f9ebb43b336b01d4.pdf

heavyset_go3y ago

Republicans and the Liberal party in Canada are both neoliberal when it comes to their economic policies, they mostly only diverge on social issues and social services.

monetus3y ago

I wouldn't say its not a republican thing, just also a many other people/groups thing. You're right, just wanted to emphasize that.

slavik813y ago

It kinda already had been addressed. SimpleTax was released as donationware and the CRA introduced NETFILE and Autofill. Filing a return today is way easier than in, say, 2011. Buying TurboTax has been unnecessary for a decade.

stainforth3y ago

Your counter to is that the politicians in a different country with an entirely different governmental evolution didn't arrive at the same thing?

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