um... I am confused... you said you are itemizing 23,000... but the new standard deduction is 24,000.. you just came out $1,000 ahead and simplified doing your taxes to boot.
Not sure what your upset about.
No, we're not ahead. We also (along with everyone else) lose the personal exemptions, which for just the two of us would total almost another $10k. I am not sure why this is confusing.