This. This is why we need to eliminate all special interest tax deductions (mortgage interest, alimony, retirement contributions, tax credits for kids, charitable gifts, etc.) and go Flat Tax.
Unless and until the Tax Code is fair and simplified - the ideas and proposals here will have little to no useful benefit for everyone.
Except of course the 47 percenters.
“go Flat Tax”
It’s the ONLY fair system of taxation.
Otherwise you’re screwing somebody. So that you can benefit somebody else.
Single folks especially are getting screwed.