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David Grierson Apr 5, 2025

DOGE doing a hackathon at the IRS next week, surely nothing will go wrong. https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hackathon-irs-data-palantir/

DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data

DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.

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William Apr 5, 2025

@GossiTheDog oh good Palantir is already involved, what could possibly go wrong?

There's one big reason no one has tried to migrate away from the old code: government financial transactions are extremely complex. Complying with the myriad of laws that have existed for decades is hard to reproduce from scratch.

Not to mention: it works. It may be slow and inefficient, but moving fast and breaking things isn't an acceptable philosophy when people's money is at stake. Government and Agile™ do not mix.

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Kancept Apr 5, 2025

@wbud @GossiTheDog or we get rid of the myriad of laws/loopholes and just flat tax it. One rule, done and it works. I mean, corporations are people, so they should have the same application of those laws.

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okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin Apr 5, 2025

@Kancept @wbud @GossiTheDog
I block stupid.

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Seth Mos Apr 5, 2025

@Kancept @wbud @GossiTheDog It has been suggested before in a few countries. Because this thing is quite common. I van not remember seeing it changed over in modern time.

In NL any large changes are postponed to after 2029 for this reason.

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