[equalunique]

What's going to happen to all of the nice employees maintaining HR Block and Intuit's tax filling products?

Should they go become used car salespeople and McDonald's fry cooks?

[frgtpsswrdlame]

The same thing that happened to the workers who were displaced by the cotton gin, the assembly line and the plow.

[Apocryphon]

Isn't this disruption? Aren't we supposed to like it?

[RamshackleJ]

As the Market wills! Do not fear for the Market always has a greater plan in mind.

[koolba]

If they can compete with a public option then I'm sure they'll have jobs. If not who's to stop a private competitor from eating their lunch?

FYI I'm not saying ban private tax preparation (though I do think it's unnecessary for 90+% of people as they're just filing a 1040EZ). Just that we shouldn't be restricted from allowing the Feds to provide a default option.