Political Quotes

“I truly am shocked to hear my colleague from across the aisle describe Direct File as too expensive for the American people. I think he said it cost $41 million to administer this system. If it is fully operational, Direct File is projected to save taxpayers $23 billion a year and countless hours of hassle. There are very few things that happen here in Washington that give such a good return on investment to taxpayers. Senator Crapo said that people didn't use Direct File and suggested they didn't like it somehow. You know why people didn't use Direct File last year with the Republicans in charge? Maybe it was because the Trump administration and the Republicans accepted millions of dollars from the tax prep companies and did their best to sabotage the program. Here is what we know for sure: Polling shows that over 75 percent of Americans support free tax online filing from the IRS. If you invest in free tax filing, Americans are going to use it. In fact, we know that because in the pilot project run by the Biden administration, 94 percent of those who used the program said it was excellent or above average. Not usually the kind of responses we get from people when they are paying their taxes. The argument that Republicans make that Americans can already file their taxes for free with Free File, all I will say is: Well, tell that to the millions of people who paid more than a hundred bucks each to file their taxes this year.”