Comment by dragonwriter

> the Republicans argue that it is not in the IRS’s interest to do a good job, or offer the best tax strategies with their own tools.

Yes, the rationalization offered to those who don't already subscribe to the ideology of privatization as an a priori goal to get them on board is usually that democratically-accountable public institutions lack a motivation to serve the interest of the public to whom they are accountable, while accountable-to-their-owners private interests do have an motivation to serve the public interest.