"Part of it might be that we don't have a mortgage."
Almost certainly.
If "the govt can't get anything right," then one of the things it hasn't gotten right is suburbia -- mostly funded with the mortgage deduction, and made practical through the Interstate highway system.
But the biggest deductions for the most people are squarely aimed at the middle class: mortgage interest, college tuition, and medical expenses above threshold.
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Date: 2010-05-04 01:58 am (UTC)Almost certainly.
If "the govt can't get anything right," then one of the things it hasn't gotten right is suburbia -- mostly funded with the mortgage deduction, and made practical through the Interstate highway system.
But the biggest deductions for the most people are squarely aimed at the middle class: mortgage interest, college tuition, and medical expenses above threshold.