The same liberals railing that Elon Musk’s DOGE team accessing payments systems means he’ll steal your information, want the IRS to do your taxes for you.  It’s a never-approved-by-Congress program called “direct file” that is a waste of tax dollars, since private-sector tax prep companies have offered free versions to anyone with income under $83,000 for over 20 years.

UP co-founder Steve Moore and former longtime Senate and Treasury staffer Jim Carter explain:

Direct File is the brainchild of Elizabeth Warren and Joe Bankman, the father of Sam Bankman-Fried. Ultimately, their goal is to have IRS bureaucrats prepare taxes for people, and then simply send them a bill…

It’s a conflict of interest of the highest order… The agency charged with extracting every possible penny for the federal bureaucracy cannot be impartial and get you — the taxpayer — every dollar you’re owed in your refund.