You spend weeks waiting for financial institutions to mail you documents needed to file your taxes like mortgage interest and student loan interest. Interest income from your bank or credit union. Why do they take until 31 Jan to mail this? They have computers and databases. This information is available by Jan 2.
A tax refund is NOT "winning the lottery". It's getting your own damn money back. And you have to pay for that privilege too.
If the government stopped the whole paycheck withholding thing and sent you a bill for your taxes each year, there would be a rapid rehab of the entire system. But they're able to fool most people into thinking this is a good thing by graciously giving you back some of your own money.
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