Coburn would fund elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax paid for by wealthy California and New York Democrats by raising taxes on the middle class and upper middle class by eliminating the home mortgage deduction and even reduce what we can save for our retirement.
Coburn has now assumed the classification of Devil in my book.
But at the same time tax rates are decreased...top rate by 10%.
Per page 4 of the document below, tax expenditures for health, charitable giving, homeownership,
and retirement will be reformed but not eliminated.
http://thehill.com/images/stories/gangofsix_plan.pdf