Soon after ReadyReturn was launched, lobbyists from the tax-preparation industry began to pressure California lawmakers to abandon the innovation. Their opposition was not surprising: If figuring out your taxes were easy, why would anyone bother to hire H&R Block? If the government sends you a completed form, why buy TurboTax? Full Story »
Posted by Mike Love
Incisive and lucid analysis about increasingly pro-business attitudes of legislators. I found this statement particularly insightful: "What's good for the US is more and more often translated into what's good for powerful friends." In today's America, you can't get anywhere in politics without "powerful friends" to pay for your campaign - as long as you return the favor. If campaign reform succeeds, it might reduce that concerning trend.
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