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Michael Bennet: “The pre-populated forms that people are able, as a matter of…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Bennet Criticizes Trade Rep. Greer on Harmful Tariffs to Colorado Family Farmers and Ranchers

Published | Video Starts at 00:59

Could you just explain why it is that we can't seem to catch basic technology in the rest of the world? Yeah. Why would you say we're going in the wrong direction, sir? Because The pre-populated forms that people are able, as a matter of course, in places from Australia to the OECD countries, people in America don't have the chance to do. And direct file, which was. You answered your question to the chairman about direct File. But that was something that was very popular with the American people, something that gave them the chance to more expeditiously file their returns. (00:59–01:16)

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Asserts that Americans lack access to pre-populated tax forms available in other countries like Australia.

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