Another example of why the people need to clean House and Senate -
If you remember - once upon a time people could deduct sales tax, interest on other loans - but then along came the Socialist Democrats and the corrupt Rep. - and if I remember - it was under Kennedy most of this happened - including taxing of the saving account -
Heck, folks, go back only a bit further and there was no Federal income tax! Want to shock a current high school senior? Let them know that fact (that they should know if they are getting their diploma, but likely will not know if they are in a typical public school).