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Then why crush the option? Let the market determine it. If Intuit's product is so much better then it will win.

• MR4D 7y ago
  Because the free-priced government option will drive out the non-free commercial providers. Even if this only lasted a few years, it would put some of them out of business. In other words, for the same reason we have laws against unfair competition.
  • the_gastropod 7y ago
    The U.S. used to primarily have for-profit firefighting. Switching to a state-run system drove out the commercial providers. And that's by all accounts, a wonderful thing. Business for the sake of business is not necessarily good. If the business does not provide real value any longer, it shouldn't exist.
    • MR4D 7y ago
      So why not have the government run everything then? Government for the sake of government is never good.
      • the_gastropod 7y ago
        Who are you arguing against? I never suggested anything of the sort. Some things lend themselves very well to for-profit businesses. Others do not. Firefighting and filing your taxes to the government strike me as two things the government can probably handle better than capitalists.