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You all are so cute thinking the government is going to perform this function when in reality they are simply going to choose a third party to outsource to.

Probably without even giving Intuit a chance to bid on it. Not that I like Intuit, they suck IMO. But I do think a vendor selection process such as this should be an open one. Instead we will have more back room-brokered graft.

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That might be true later! But so far: "The system was developed by the IRS and U.S. Digital Service, the White House’s technology consulting agency."

You can learn more about the U.S. Digital Service here: https://www.usds.gov/mission

Well that totally disproves the idea because the USDS would never outsource anything.

I suggested in my comment that they might!

Yeah the USDS is one of the only romantic/bright spots for good application of tech in the US government.

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