[gorwell]

You can do taxes for free most of the time. Millions of us do every year, and the IRS estimates that 70% of tax payers could file for free.

> Why must every service and thing in the US must be a private profit making thing?

It isn't. There are roughly 2 million nonprofits. "Nonprofit organizations play a significant role in the US economy. In 2022, there were 1.97 million nonprofits operating in the US"

And there are endless government programs and millions of government employees. The federal government alone spends over $6 trillion of our money, and money we don't have, per year, and most of it is on mandatory social programs.

"About 60% of all federal spending is categorized as mandatory spending — which amounted to $3.8 trillion last year. This spending is essentially on autopilot because it funds programs whose eligibility rules and benefit formulas are set in law. This consists mostly of programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans care."

https://usafacts.org/just-the-facts/budget/