Yeah, you have to wade through the blustering crap of the low-experience high-drama crowd that hangs here, but there's still much to be learned if you put the mental work into it. It's the same anywhere there is a free exchange of ideas and opinions.
Still, you are either a lib troll or economically ignorant. Both of the deductions you mention are just that - deductions. They lower your total tax liability by reducing your gross income to arrive at your adjusted gross income. They are not tax credits.
The 0bummer care subsidies are just that - subsidies. Direct payments by the government to lower your total cost of premiums. Where does FedGov Inc get the money to make those payments? Other taxpayers. That's wealth redistribution.
Now if you're one of those that think all the money belongs to the government and when you reduce your tax liability you are stealing what rightfully belongs to the FedGov, then I can definitely state you are in the wrong place.
It’s quite obvious that I’ve overstayed my welcome here at FR.
JR....you can remove from the roll.