When government bureaucrats start creating programs to solve problems that already have solutions, taxpayers should take notice — and grab their wallets.

The Internal Revenue Service ’s “Direct File” program is a case study in duplication, waste, and mission creep.

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Marketed as a “free,” government-run tool to help Americans file their taxes, it’s neither free nor needed. From a federal budget standpoint, it’s a disaster in the making—and from a governance standpoint, it hands the IRS far too much control over the financial lives of ordinary Americans.

As a former chief economist at

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