The article presents the issue as a partisan one, but on the Democrats&#x27; side Elizabeth Warren is currently championing a bill [0] directing the IRS to reduce their cooperation with third-party tax preparation services and develop their own competitor, plus develop a return-free filing method, all without simplifying the tax code in the slightest. Which seems to me to be in a similar vein of demanding that the IRS &quot;fix&quot; the problems caused by our tax code: instead of making the tax code simpler, she wants to just direct the IRS to do people&#x27;s taxes for them, on top of all the IRS&#x27; other responsibilities.<p>[0] previous discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11492025" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11492025</a>