I just want to point out that this article is using a really bad definition of monopoly. There are about a dozen if not more ways to file taxes, and just because one is the most most popular and gets a bigger slice on the bell curve doesn't mean it has a monopoly.
It bugs me a little because I keep seeing the definition of monopoly becoming less and less meaningful.
I think the argument, if anything is the opposite: there are dozens of tax filing software, they all more or less do the same thing, and all the resources get wasted on marketing against each other. So I think I would prefer an actual monopoly! And if the government won't make it, why not make an open source one that can drive the for-profit ones out of business!
It bugs me a little because I keep seeing the definition of monopoly becoming less and less meaningful.
I think the argument, if anything is the opposite: there are dozens of tax filing software, they all more or less do the same thing, and all the resources get wasted on marketing against each other. So I think I would prefer an actual monopoly! And if the government won't make it, why not make an open source one that can drive the for-profit ones out of business!