▲ 664 ▼ FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free” (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free”::Intuit plans appeal, slams FTC's "predetermined decision."
[–] archiotterpup@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Capitalism permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do believe the other countries that have better tax filing systems are also capitalist... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Other countries seemed to have some common sense when it comes to capitalism in that they largely don't allow capitalist incentives to entirely consume areas of public good, such as healthcare / education / and yes even government services such as tax collection. The USA kind of forgot during the cold war that crony capitalism is a thing and the incentive to make the most money possible isn't compatible with providing public goods. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do believe the other countries that have better tax filing systems are also capitalist... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Other countries seemed to have some common sense when it comes to capitalism in that they largely don't allow capitalist incentives to entirely consume areas of public good, such as healthcare / education / and yes even government services such as tax collection. The USA kind of forgot during the cold war that crony capitalism is a thing and the incentive to make the most money possible isn't compatible with providing public goods. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Other countries seemed to have some common sense when it comes to capitalism in that they largely don't allow capitalist incentives to entirely consume areas of public good, such as healthcare / education / and yes even government services such as tax collection. The USA kind of forgot during the cold war that crony capitalism is a thing and the incentive to make the most money possible isn't compatible with providing public goods. permalink fedilink source parent