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Amid President Trump’s ongoing temper tantrum over affordability, his Administration also quietly made it more inconvenient and expensive for the American people to file their tax returns. On Tuesday night, as much of the political world turned its attention to results from Election Day, the Treasury Department officially ended the IRS Direct File program, which many Americans used to easily file their taxes for free, saving millions of dollars in filing fees.

“This is another corrupt decision by the Trump Administration to help corporate donors while raising costs and making life more difficult for the American people,” said Rep. Don Beyer, who serves on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax. “Whether it’s raising price-hiking tariffs, cancelling infrastructure projects, driving up electricity prices, blocking attempts to lower the cost of health care, going to court to prevent hungry people from getting SNAP, or eliminating a no-cost method to file taxes, President Trump is going all out to make life less affordable for American families.”