(09-17-2012 05:45 PM)Treestar Wrote: Even talking about giving up the mortgage interest deduction - that is stupid. Really stupid. Right after the housing crisis, with a lot of people who went underwater in mortgages. They have to be kidding. They'll lose every homeowner's vote.
I remember when they started taxing unemployment benefits and when they took away interest deductions from loans....both hurt bad when it was time to file. They don't care about people, they care about 1% tax rates they can finagle their money into.