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   Free Software Foundation (fsf@hostux.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Mar-2025 02:34:52 JST Free Software Foundation

   The #IRS #DirectFile program should be free as in freedom: https://u.fsf.org/46g #FreeSoftware #UserFreedom #FSF

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     Mr Penguin (mr_penguin@social.freetalklive.com)'s status on Saturday, 29-Mar-2025 14:43:31 JST Mr Penguin

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     Or we could just dissolve the IRS. For the first 86 years after the United States founding we didn't even have an income tax! And... the roads pre-date government so no we don't have to give up the modern conveniences in the processes. There is also still a gas tax that funds the roads too. Prior to the governments monopoly on roads though we actually did have 'long distance' toll roads where every so many miles you would pay a toll. In New Hampshire we had a toll road privately funded between Keene and Concord/Manchester which is about an hours drive in an automobile. We also had private enterprise run public transit in a more decentralized way before government took it over and trains prior to the interstate system. Nothing says we can't have a mixed system to guarantee ones right of travel on private enterprise managed roadways with limits on profits or profit sharing between public interest and corporation managed infrastructure.