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As another comment said, I also dropped everything and read the article. So yeah I guess that'd mean Streisand effect is coming into play.
Regarding the topic at hand: I don't care what these companies say at this point. The fact is that in the past, I have used their services, clicked the "free" button, did some things, and then ended up having to pay them money.
Until the day comes that I get a letter in the mail from the government saying, "Here's how much you paid in taxes, if you're cool with that then please disregard", I will not be satisfied.
NZ does that. More accurately, they email you to tell you that there's a letter available online - I don't think they send physical mail by default.
Then they pay any refund straight into your nominated bank account.
The US government has a lot of work to do before they can be trusted to do that. They're allowing a serial rapist, liar and grifter to run for a second term as president, their collective decision making is questionable at best.
You are mixing up unrelated things. Politics is a circus but that doesn't mean the Government can't do certain things well.
It does when they don't...
Considering how under-funded and understaffed the IRS has been/is, they do a pretty amazing job with what they have to work with. Simplifying or redoing our tax codes again is a huge task that will take time. There does need to be some sort of progress though! We'll see what type of government we'll have shortly.