system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why people are so happy to get a Tax refund? Doesn't that mean the government has taken more money from you than they should have?
gpt
It means you gave the government an interest free loan for 12 months.

But for people who don't keep rigorous track of the labyrinthine tax code (i.e. everyone) it's hard to estimate what you'll end up owing and deduct accordingly.

So it's nicer to learn that you've overdeducted and get a refund.  The alternative is much worse for most people.