Disappointed nobody has yet pointed out that it was Sam Bankman-Fried’s dad, Joseph Bankman, pushed for a free gov-run tax filing in California:
> In 2005,[22] Joseph Bankman worked with the state of California to create ReadyReturn, a pilot study with a completed tax return prepared by the state (not an individual or tax professional) that was available to single, no-dependant, standard-deduction, one-employer, wages-only taxpayers for the 2005 filing season.[23]
> When the FTB launched the ReadyReturn website, Intuit sued and lobbied California legislators to kill the program.